{"id":6135,"date":"2018-03-09T09:10:44","date_gmt":"2018-03-09T17:10:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/translation\/?p=6135"},"modified":"2020-03-17T14:35:55","modified_gmt":"2020-03-17T21:35:55","slug":"api-customer-text-translations-no-longer-logged-by-microsoft-translator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https://www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/translator/blog\/2018\/03\/09\/api-customer-text-translations-no-longer-logged-by-microsoft-translator\/","title":{"rendered":"API customer text translations no longer logged by Microsoft Translator"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Microsoft Translator\u00a0Text API\u00a0translations\u00a0are\u00a0no\u00a0longer\u00a0logged\u00a0for training purposes\u00a0to improve the quality of the Translator service.\u00a0No\u00a0data\u00a0sent\u00a0for translation through the Microsoft Translator Text API<\/a>\u00a0will be kept,\u00a0and\u00a0no record of the submitted text\u00a0will be saved in\u00a0persistent storage\u00a0in\u00a0any Microsoft data center.<\/p>\n

Previously, Microsoft Translator recorded a\u00a0small sample (10%) of random,\u00a0non-sequential,\u00a0anonymized data\u00a0coming through the API. This was\u00a0used\u00a0for training purposes to\u00a0improve translation quality.\u00a0Paid subscribers, subscribing to a minimum of 250 million characters per month,\u00a0were able to request\u00a0what was known as the “no trace option”\u00a0to\u00a0ensure that their data was not used. Now,\u00a0all traffic using the free or paid tiers through any Azure subscription is\u00a0no trace<\/a>\u00a0by design.<\/p>\n

This also means that if you access Microsoft Translator through one of our many\u00a0partners<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0customers<\/a>\u00a0offering services such as website translation, social media and communication tools, games, etc.,\u00a0the\u00a0translations are also not recorded on our servers.<\/p>\n

This\u00a0change\u00a0comes as a result of Translator\u2019s commitment to privacy and security, and the overall move towards\u00a0GDPR compliance<\/a>.\u00a0The\u00a0Microsoft Cognitive Services Trust Center<\/a>\u00a0also reflects this mid-January 2018 change.<\/p>\n

However, because\u00a0all API calls are now no trace, the ability for\u00a0Microsoft technical support to investigate any\u00a0specific\u00a0Translator Text API\u00a0translation\u00a0issues\u00a0you experience\u00a0with\u00a0your subscription is\u00a0no longer available.\u00a0For instance, if an error in your code\u00a0were to\u00a0request\u00a0the same translation multiple times,\u00a0we would\u00a0only be able to report the total number of characters used,\u00a0and not what\u00a0text was sent,\u00a0when, and\u00a0from which IP address.<\/p>\n

Additionally,\u00a0please note that\u00a0text translation in\u00a0Microsoft Office products<\/a>\u00a0are already\u00a0no trace by default.\u00a0Specifically, text translation in the following Microsoft Office products are no trace:\u00a0Excel<\/a>,\u00a0OneNote<\/a>,\u00a0Outlook<\/a>,\u00a0PowerPoint<\/a>,\u00a0Publisher<\/a>,\u00a0SharePoint<\/a>,\u00a0Visio<\/a>,\u00a0Word<\/a>, and\u00a0Yammer<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Translator Speech API<\/a>\u00a0is not\u00a0yet\u00a0no\u00a0trace, and some data will be kept for training purposes.\u00a0No\u00a0trace\u00a0translation\u00a0for the\u00a0Presentation Translator<\/a>\u00a0add-in for PowerPoint is available for translation of slides, but is not available for speech translation.<\/p>\n

A\u00a0small portion of\u00a0text translations in free Microsoft Translator end-user products including the\u00a0Microsoft Translator apps<\/a>,\u00a0Translator for Bing<\/a>, and\u00a0Translator for Microsoft Edge<\/a>\u00a0are\u00a0potentially\u00a0kept\u00a0for\u00a0training purposes and\u00a0service improvements. You can learn about the protections for your data that are in place even without the no trace option in\u00a0the Microsoft Translator Privacy Statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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