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How safe is Perplexity for renewable energy & the energy transition?

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-hostable. Caution means a model with a documented issue, such as an investigation by a regulator. How we measure for renewable energy & energy transitionUnknown

Perplexity's maker publishes little about data protection. Check this before you put confidential renewable energy & energy transition data into it.

Where does Perplexity stand in renewable energy & energy transition?

Shared place 18 of 28 options for renewable energy & energy transition (professional tools and general assistants) on GDPR profile. 4 options, like Perplexity profile, are unknown. Each tile is an option we track for this field; click for the check.

Strong7
Good2
Limited8
Unknown4
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: customer and project data (address, energy consumption, financing) is personal data under the GDPR.

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Questions

How safe is Perplexity for renewable energy & energy transition?
The maker of Perplexity publishes little about data protection. Check this before you put confidential sustainable energy & energy transition 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 watch out for with AI in renewable energy & energy transition?
Client and project data (address, energy consumption, financing) are personal data under the GDPR. Only use systems with a data processing agreement and EU hosting; check whether cloud platforms use technical installation data for model training. Yield calculations and subsidy applications are binding, have a qualified installer verify all AI output before use. ISDE and SDE++ subsidy rules change regularly; link AI calculations to current subsidy sources.

Source documents

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Last checked: 29 October 2026 · How we check

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