Privacy Policy

Welcome to Voice This Text ("we", "our", or "us"), a service provided by vanrossum.dev, a company registered in The Netherlands. We are committed to protecting your personal data and respecting your privacy in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR/AVG) and other applicable Dutch and European privacy laws.

This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store, and protect your personal data when you use our text-to-speech service at voicethistext.com.

The data controller responsible for your personal data is:

• Company: vanrossum.dev (trading as Voice This Text)
• Address: Schoolstraat 70, 6721 CS, Bennekom, The Netherlands
• KVK number: 66761743
• Email: [email protected]

We collect the following types of personal data:

Account Information

• Name
• Email address
• Password (encrypted)
• Organization/company name (optional)

Payment Information

• Payment details are processed by our payment provider and are not stored on our servers
• Billing address and VAT number (if applicable)

Usage Data

• Text content submitted for audio generation
• Generated audio files
• API usage logs

Technical Data

• IP address (anonymized for analytics)
• Browser type and version
• Device information

Under the GDPR, we process your personal data based on the following legal grounds:

• Contract performance (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR): To provide our text-to-speech service, manage your account, and process payments.
• Legitimate interests (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR): To improve our service, prevent fraud, and ensure security.
• Legal obligation (Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR): To comply with tax and accounting requirements.
• Consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR): For marketing communications (where applicable).

We use your personal data to:

• Provide and maintain the Voice This Text service
• Process your text-to-speech requests
• Manage your account and subscription
• Process payments and send invoices
• Communicate with you about your account or service updates
• Improve and optimize our service
• Comply with legal obligations

We may share your data with the following third parties:

• Text-to-speech providers: To generate audio from your text
• Audio transcription providers: To generate transcripts from generated audio
• Payment processor: Our Merchant of Record (for payment processing)
• Cloud hosting: Our infrastructure providers for data storage
• Analytics: Fathom Analytics (privacy-focused, anonymized data only)

We ensure all third-party processors comply with GDPR requirements through appropriate data processing agreements.

Some of our service providers may be located outside the European Economic Area (EEA). When we transfer personal data outside the EEA, we ensure appropriate safeguards are in place, such as Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) approved by the European Commission, or transfers to countries with an adequacy decision.

We retain your personal data for as long as necessary to:

• Provide our services to you
• Comply with legal obligations (e.g., 7 years for tax records under Dutch law)
• Resolve disputes and enforce agreements

Generated audio files and text content may be deleted upon account deletion or upon your request, unless retention is required by law.

Under the GDPR, you have the following rights:

• Right of access: Request a copy of your personal data
• Right to rectification: Request correction of inaccurate data
• Right to erasure: Request deletion of your personal data ("right to be forgotten")
• Right to restriction: Request limitation of processing
• Right to data portability: Receive your data in a structured, machine-readable format
• Right to object: Object to processing based on legitimate interests
• Right to withdraw consent: Withdraw consent at any time (where processing is based on consent)

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at [email protected]. We will respond within 30 days.

We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. This includes encryption, secure servers, and access controls. However, no method of transmission over the internet is 100% secure.

If you believe we have not handled your personal data correctly, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Dutch Data Protection Authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens):

• Website: autoriteitpersoonsgegevens.nl

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any significant changes by posting the new policy on this page and updating the "Last updated" date. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us:

• Email: [email protected]