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How safe is Perplexity for industry & manufacturing?

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 problem, such as an investigation by a regulator. How we measure for industry & manufacturingUnknown

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

Where does Perplexity stand in industry & manufacturing?

Shared place 22 of 31 options for industry & manufacturing (professional tools and general assistants) on GDPR profile. 3 options, like Perplexity, have an unknown profile. Each tile is an option we track for this field; click to check.

Strong7
Good7
Limited7
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: production and process data is trade secret and sometimes subject to export controls.

Stronger or equally strong in industry & manufacturing

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Questions

How safe is Perplexity for industry & manufacturing?
The maker of Perplexity publishes little about data protection. Ask about this before you put confidential industry & manufacturing 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 industry & manufacturing?
Production and process data is trade secret and sometimes subject to export controls. Check whether factory data leaves the premises and whether on-premise operation is possible.

Source documents

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Last checked: 29 October 2026 · How we check

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