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How safe is Perplexity for pharmacies & pharmaceuticals?

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 is given to a model with a documented issue, such as an investigation by a regulator. How we measure for pharmacy & pharmaceuticalsUnknown

Perplexity's maker publishes little about data protection. Check this before you put confidential pharmacy data into it.

Where does Perplexity stand in pharmacy & pharmaceuticals?

Shared spot 19 of 28 options for pharmacy & pharmaceuticals (professional tools and general assistants) on GDPR profile. 3 options, like Perplexity profile, are unknown. Each tile is an option we follow for this field; click for the check.

Strong6
Good6
DS
Limited6
Unknown3
Caution7

Published safeguards

None of these three found in what the provider publishes; what is there, you can read below. Know more? Report it

Enterprise plans and the Sonar API are not trained on customer data (SOC 2 Type II; API with zero data retention). For consumer accounts, data use for model improvement can be switched off in the settings.

How to use Perplexity safely

  • Use the business variant and sign a data processing agreement (DPA).
  • Do not enter unnecessary personal data into prompts; anonymise where possible.
  • Ask the provider explicitly where data is stored and processed.
  • Keep a professional in the loop: medication data is special category personal data (GDPR).

Stronger or equally strong in pharmacy & pharmaceuticals

PharmaPartners PharmacomPharmaPartners (Deventer, NL)Health Base IQStichting Health Base (Houten, NL)Pharmi MedsWise (MedicijnWijs)Pharmi (Eindhoven, NL)CGM APOTHEEKCompuGroup Medical Nederland B.V. (Echt, NL)UpToDate LexidrugWolters Kluwer Health (Alphen aan den Rijn, NL)

Questions

How safe is Perplexity for pharmacy & pharmaceuticals?
The maker of Perplexity publishes little about data protection. Check this before you put confidential pharmacy & pharmaceutical data into it. The provider publishes little on this, ask about it before business use.
Does Perplexity train on my data?
Enterprise plans and the Sonar API are not trained on customer data (SOC 2 Type II; API with zero data retention). For consumer accounts, data use for model improvement can be switched off in the settings.
What should I look out for with AI in pharmacy & pharmaceuticals?
Medication data is special category personal data under the GDPR. Only use systems with a data processing agreement and EU hosting; do not store audio recordings of pharmaceutical consultations unencrypted on external servers. AI-supported medication reviews and interaction checks are supportive only: the pharmacist remains ultimately responsible for pharmaceutical care and must never rely blindly on algorithmic outcomes.

Source documents

www.perplexity.aiopenrouter.ai

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Summarised by the editorial team from provider documentation · not legal advice

Last checked: 29 October 2026 · How we check

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