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How safe is Llama for care?

GDPR profileOur summary of what the provider itself publishes about your data: EU hosting possible, no training on your data for business use, and self-hosting available. Caution means a model with a documented issue, such as an investigation by a regulator. How we measure for healthcareCaution

Llama has a concrete GDPR concern. The Llama 4 Acceptable Use Policy prohibits the multimodal models for businesses headquartered in the EU. Dutch businesses are therefore not licensed to install the multimodal Llama 4 models themselves. Weigh this heavily before deploying it in healthcare.

Where does Llama stand in healthcare?

Shared spot 56 of 62 options for healthcare (professional tools and general assistants) on GDPR profile. 7 options, like Llama profile, are Caution. Each tile is an option we track for this field; click for the check.

Strong14
Good14
DS
Limited18
Unknown9
Caution7

Published safeguards

✓EU hosting possibleYes
✓No training on your data (business)Yes
✓Self-hostable (on-premise)Yes

Self-hosting gives full data control within your own EU infrastructure, a strong GDPR argument.

How to use Llama safely

  • Use the business variant and sign a data processing agreement (DPA).
  • Do not enter unnecessary personal data into prompts; anonymise where possible.
  • Enable EU data residency where the provider offers it.
  • Keep a professional in the loop: medical data is special category personal data.

Stronger or equally strong in healthcare

Juvoly (Tandem Health)Juvoly B.V. / Tandem Health (Leiden)AttendiAttendi (Amsterdam, Netherlands)Quin ZorgvraagHulpQuin B.V. (Amsterdam, NL)PlainwisePlainwise (Netherlands)OntzorgdOntzorgd B.V. (Rotterdam, NL)

Latest developments

15 October 2026Muse Spark Open: open-weight Meta model with no EU exclusion

Meta released Muse Spark Open (around 816B parameters, open weights). Unlike Llama 4, the Muse Model License does not exclude companies in the EU; EU licensees contract with Meta Platforms Ireland. Conditions: attribution 'Built with Muse Spark Open', a separate agreement for model-as-a-service above $20 million in revenue, and access via a manual request with name, date of birth and organisation name. Self-hosting keeps data within your own infrastructure. source

5 April 2025Licence prohibits EU use of multimodal Llama 4 models

The Acceptable Use Policy excludes companies headquartered in the EU from the multimodal Llama 4 models, due to regulatory uncertainty around the EU AI Act. source

Questions

How safe is Llama for healthcare?
Llama has a concrete GDPR concern. The Llama 4 Acceptable Use Policy prohibits the multimodal models for companies headquartered in the EU. Dutch companies therefore may not, under the licence, install the multimodal Llama 4 models themselves. Weigh this heavily before deploying it in healthcare. There is a concrete GDPR concern, read the details on the page.
Does Llama train on my data?
Self-hosting gives full data control within your own EU infrastructure, a strong GDPR argument.
What should I watch out for with AI in healthcare?
Medical data is special category personal data. Only use solutions with appropriate safeguards (GDPR, EU hosting) and no training on patient data; a healthcare provider remains ultimately responsible.

Source documents

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Last checked: 5 November 2026 · How we check

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