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How safe is Perplexity for physiotherapy?

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 physiotherapyUnknown

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

Where does Perplexity stand in physiotherapy?

Shared place 17 of 25 options for physiotherapy (professional tools and general assistants) on GDPR profile. 2 options, like Perplexity profile, are unknown. Each tile is an option we track for this field; click for the check.

Strong11
Good3
Limited2
Unknown2
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: patient data is special category personal data (GDPR).

Stronger or equally strong in physiotherapy

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Questions

How safe is Perplexity for physiotherapy?
The maker of Perplexity publishes little about data protection. Check this before you put confidential physiotherapy 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 physiotherapy?
Patient data is special category personal data (GDPR). Use only solutions with EU hosting and a data processing agreement; consultation audio recordings must not be sent unencrypted to external servers. A therapist remains ultimately responsible for the content of the record.

Source documents

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Last checked: 29 October 2026 · How we check

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