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How safe is Perplexity for photography?

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 photographyUnknown

The maker of Perplexity publishes little about data protection. Ask about this before you put confidential photography data into it.

Where does Perplexity stand in photography?

Shared place 17 of 29 options for photography (professional tools and general assistants) on GDPR profile. 6 options, like Perplexity, have an unknown profile. Each tile is an option we track for this field; click for the check.

Strong5
Good2
Limited9
Unknown6
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: your photos show recognisable people, often clients and their guests: that is personal data, and as soon as a tool groups or recognises faces it becomes biometric data (art.

Stronger or equally strong in photography

Retouch4meRELU OÜ (Tallinn, Estonia)PhotoroomPhotoroom SAS (Paris, France)Pic-TimePic-Time Ltd. (Caesarea, Israel)ClaudeAnthropicGeminiGoogle

Questions

How safe is Perplexity for photography?
The maker of Perplexity publishes little about data protection. Ask before you put confidential photography data into it. The provider publishes little on this, ask before using it for business.
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 photography?
Your photos show recognisable people, often clients and their guests: that is personal data, and as soon as a tool groups or recognises faces, it becomes biometric data (Art. 9 GDPR). So check whether a tool works locally or uploads your photos. Aftershoot, Narrative and Excire select on your own computer; Excire works without the cloud. Neurapix processes in Göttingen on its own hardware and deletes images up to 48 hours after delivery. Watch out for training: Aftershoot states in its privacy statement that collected images and edits are used to train its models, Pixelz uses images for machine learning with the client's consent, and Pic-Time trains on a small share of images from photographers who sign up for this. Luminar Neo sends photos for advanced AI features to external AI partners, including outside the EEA. If you use facial recognition in client galleries, record that in your terms and sign a data processing agreement.

Source documents

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Last checked: 29 October 2026 · How we check

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