Privacy Policy
Voyager ("Voyager", "we", "us") is a browser-based service that pairs you with a random traveler for a real-time video conversation and translates speech between your languages using AI. This policy explains what data is and is not handled when you use Voyager. We have designed the service to collect as little as possible.
No accounts. No call recording. No IP logging. Voyager has no sign-up, stores no profile, does not record your video or audio, and does not store your IP address.
1. Your camera and microphone
When you start a call, your browser requests access to your camera and microphone. The live video and audio stream is sent peer-to-peer directly between your browser and your chat partner's browser over an encrypted WebRTC connection. It does not pass through, and is not stored by, Voyager's servers.
If your network blocks a direct connection, the encrypted media may be relayed through a TURN relay server so the call can connect. A relay forwards the already-encrypted stream and cannot view or store its contents. Voyager never records calls and has no facility to play one back.
2. AI speech translation (OpenAI)
To provide live captions and translation, your microphone audio is streamed from your browser directly to OpenAI's Realtime API using a short-lived, single-use access token that our server mints for that call. OpenAI transcribes and translates the audio and streams the result back to your browser. Voyager's server never receives this audio.
Your audio is therefore processed by OpenAI as a third-party processor, subject to OpenAI's privacy policy and API data-usage terms. Do not say anything to the translator that you would not want processed by a third-party AI service.
3. What we do collect
We keep coarse, non-identifying operational data so the service can run and we can tell whether it is working:
- Page views — the page visited (e.g. "landing" or "call") and the referring URL, if any. We do not store IP addresses or device fingerprints.
- Call metadata — the languages selected, how long you waited to be matched, call duration, and how the call ended. This is not linked to you and not linked across calls.
- Translation session metadata — the target language, mode (captions or voice), success/failure, and how long it took to start the AI session.
- Optional debug logs — only if you explicitly load Voyager with
?debug=1, your browser sends a timeline of technical events (e.g. connection state changes) to help us reproduce bugs. This is off by default.
4. Browser storage
Voyager sets no cookies and uses no advertising or analytics trackers. It stores a few preferences locally in your own browser (your selected language, whether the debug overlay is on, whether the connection-stats panel is shown). This data stays on your device and is not transmitted to us. You can clear it any time by clearing your browser's site data.
5. Third parties
- OpenAI — processes call audio for transcription and translation (see section 2).
- Database hosting — the operational metadata in section 3 is stored in a hosted PostgreSQL database (Neon).
- Google Fonts — the page loads web fonts from Google's font CDN; Google may receive your IP address as part of serving those font files.
- TURN relay provider — if configured, may relay your already-encrypted media when a direct connection is not possible.
6. Children
Voyager is intended only for adults aged 18 and over. It is not directed to children, and we do not knowingly collect data from anyone under 18. See our Terms of Service and Community Guidelines.
7. Your rights
Depending on where you live (for example under the GDPR or the California Consumer Privacy Act), you may have rights to access, correct, or delete personal data we hold about you. Because Voyager does not require an account and does not store identifying information such as IP addresses, in most cases we hold no data that can be linked back to you. If you believe we hold data about you, contact us at the address below and we will respond as required by applicable law.
8. Data retention and security
The operational metadata described in section 3 is retained only as long as needed for service operation, troubleshooting, and abuse prevention, and is then deleted or aggregated. We use reasonable technical measures to protect it, but no internet service can be guaranteed perfectly secure.
9. Changes to this policy
We may update this policy as the service evolves. Material changes will be reflected by updating the "Last updated" date above. Continued use of Voyager after a change means you accept the updated policy.
10. Contact
Questions or privacy requests: thelabcook@protonmail.com.