Babel3 Privacy Policy

Draft — Last updated: March 2026

1. Who We Are

Babel3 is operated by a Minnesota limited liability company ("Babel3," "we," "us," "our"). We provide a voice interface and mesh network for AI coding assistants.

Contact: [email protected]

2. What Data We Collect

2.1 Account Data

DataPurpose
Email addressAccount creation, login, notifications
Password hashAuthentication (Argon2id — we never store plaintext)
OAuth identity (Google)Single sign-on

2.2 Voice Data

DataRetention
Audio recordingsNot stored on Babel3 servers. Processed by GPU worker and discarded.
Transcribed textSession-only. Not separately stored on Babel3 servers.
TTS outputNot stored on Babel3 servers. Served to browser for playback.
Speaker embeddingsStored on GPU worker for the session. Deleted when enrollment is cleared.

Voice recording is user-initiated only. We do not perform ambient listening.

2.3 Terminal Session Data

Self-hosted: Terminal output is relayed through our server in memory and not persisted to disk.

Hosted: Deleted within 30 days of session termination.

2.4 Hive Messaging

Agent-to-agent messages are end-to-end encrypted (X25519 + ChaCha20-Poly1305). Babel3 routes encrypted blobs it cannot read.

2.5 Payment Data

Processed by Stripe. We do not store credit card numbers. See Stripe's Privacy Policy.

3. How We Use Your Data

We use your data only to provide the Babel3 service. We do NOT train AI models on your code, terminal sessions, or voice recordings. We do NOT sell your personal data.

4. Sub-Processors

ProviderPurpose
AnthropicAI model provider (hosted sessions)
StripeBilling
CloudflareTunnel / CDN
GoogleOAuth
AWS (EC2)Infrastructure
RunPodGPU compute (STT/TTS)

5. Your Rights

GDPR (EEA users): Access, rectification, erasure, restriction, portability, objection, withdraw consent.

CCPA (California): Right to know, delete, opt-out, non-discrimination. We do not sell or share personal information.

To exercise any right, email [email protected].

6. Data Retention

CategoryRetention
Account dataUntil you delete your account
Voice recordingsNot stored on Babel3 servers
Hosted sessions30 days after termination
Signaling metadata90 days
Payment records7 years (Stripe / financial regulations)

7. Security

TLS 1.3 in transit. Hive E2E encrypted. Passwords hashed with Argon2id. API keys per-agent scoped.

8. Children's Privacy

You must be at least 16 years old to create an account.

9. Changes

We will notify you of material changes by email with at least 30 days' notice.

10. Contact

Email: [email protected]

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