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How safe is Perplexity for procurement & tendering?

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 procurement & tenderingUnknown

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

Where does Perplexity stand in procurement & tendering?

Shared place 17 of 26 options for procurement & tendering (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.

Strong6
Good6
Limited4
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: quotes, prices, contracts and bids are commercially confidential; supplier and contact details also contain personal data.

Stronger or equally strong in procurement & tendering

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Questions

How safe is Perplexity for procurement & tendering?
The maker of Perplexity publishes little about data protection. Ask about this before you put confidential procurement & tendering 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 procurement & tendering?
Quotes, prices, contracts and submissions are commercially confidential; supplier and contact details also contain personal data. Sign a data processing agreement, ask where the data is stored (EU hosting) and which AI sub-processors are used, and get it recorded that your bids and spend data are not used to train models. Never paste confidential documents from an ongoing tender into a free chatbot. In public procurement, the Dutch Public Procurement Act and the principles of equal treatment and transparency apply: do not let AI award or exclude on its own, and explain how an assessment was reached. If you as a public body procure AI yourself, use the PIANOo guideline 'Buying or having algorithms and AI developed' and take the AI Act into account. An AI-generated submission remains your responsibility: check every commitment.

Source documents

www.perplexity.aiopenrouter.ai

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Last checked: 29 October 2026 · How we check

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