Privacy Policy — SottMeet
Last updated: 2026-09-14
Who runs this extension
SottMeet is built by a small independent team. Contact: support@sottmeet.com.
What the extension does
SottMeet adds real-time AI translation to Google Meet calls. When you enable it on a Meet tab, it captures the call audio and your microphone, sends them to a real-time translation AI (Google's Gemini Live API), and plays back the translated audio for you and the other participants.
Data the extension collects
1. Your Google account email
We read this with the chrome.identity API. It is sent to our backend to identify your prepaid-credit account (balance, top-ups, usage). Without it, no translation can start.
2. Audio streams
While a translation session is active, two audio streams are sent to the translation AI provider:
- Your microphone (for translating your voice to the other participants)
- The tab audio of the Meet call (for translating the other participants' voices for you)
These streams are sent directly to the provider's real-time endpoint (Google Gemini over WebSocket). Audio is processed in real time and is not recorded or stored by us at any point.
3. Usage metadata
On enable / disable / auto-pause events, we log a row to an internal sheet that contains:
- Timestamp
- Your email
- The event type (
enable,disable,auto_pause,auto_resume,error) - Language pair (e.g.
zh → en) - Session duration in seconds
- Estimated cost in USD
- Extension version
This is used to reconcile AI-provider billing per user, detect access anomalies, and plan capacity.
4. Billing data
SottMeet uses prepaid credits. We store your email, credit balance, and an append-only transaction ledger (top-ups, usage, promotional grants) in our database. Card payments are processed entirely by Stripe; we never see or store your card number. Stripe shares with us only a customer reference and payment status.
5. Local preferences
Your language selections and a cumulative cost counter are stored in chrome.storage.local on your own device. This data is not sent anywhere.
Data the extension does NOT collect
- Audio recordings (real-time only, not stored)
- Transcripts of what was said
- Browsing history
- Page content outside Google Meet
- Any data when translation is disabled
Where data goes
| Data | Destination | Retention |
|---|---|---|
| Email + credit balance + ledger | Our database (Neon Postgres via Vercel) | While your account is active; deleted on request |
| Payment card details | Stripe only (never our servers) | Per Stripe's policy |
| Email (telemetry) | Internal Google Sheet | Until manually deleted |
| Audio streams | Google Gemini Live API | Real-time; provider policy applies |
| Usage metadata | Internal Google Sheet | Until manually deleted |
| Preferences | Your device only | Until you uninstall |
Third parties
Google Gemini
Audio is processed by Google's Gemini Live API per the Gemini API terms. (Earlier versions of SottMeet used OpenAI's Realtime API; it is no longer used.)
Stripe
Payments and card storage are handled by Stripe per their privacy policy.
Google Sheets / Apps Script
The internal telemetry sheet is hosted by Google. Standard Google Workspace privacy applies.
Vercel
Our backend proxy runs on Vercel infrastructure. Vercel may log request metadata (IP, timestamp) per their privacy policy. We do not log request bodies.
Your choices
- Disable the extension: stops all data collection immediately
- Uninstall the extension: removes local preferences from your device
- Request data deletion: email support@sottmeet.com to delete your account, ledger, and telemetry rows (any unused paid balance will be refunded)
Children
This extension is not directed at children. Do not use SottMeet if you are under 18.
Changes
If we change this policy materially, we will notify pilot users by email before the change takes effect.
Contact
Questions? Email support@sottmeet.com.