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How safe is Perplexity for radiology & medical imaging?

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 radiology & medical imagingUnknown

The maker of Perplexity publishes little about data protection. Check this before you put confidential radiology & medical imaging data into it.

Where does Perplexity stand in radiology & medical imaging?

Shared spot 18 of 26 options for radiology & medical imaging (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.

Strong5
Good1
Limited11
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: image analysis AI is a medical device: only use software with a CE marking under the MDR (class IIa or higher) for precisely the application you deploy it for, and document how you validate and keep monitoring its performance locally.

Stronger or equally strong in radiology & medical imaging

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Questions

How safe is Perplexity for radiology & medical imaging?
The maker of Perplexity publishes little about data protection. Ask about this before you put confidential radiology & medical imaging 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 radiology & medical imaging?
Image analysis AI is a medical device: only use software with a CE marking under the MDR (class IIa or higher) for the exact purpose you deploy it for, and document how you validate and keep monitoring performance locally. You process special category personal data: ask where images are processed (on-premise, EU cloud or outside), whether they are pseudonymised and whether they are used for training, and sign a data processing agreement. Many vendors run on AWS or Azure or have been acquired by US groups, so check the current data location. The radiologist remains ultimately responsible for the report.

Source documents

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Summarised by the editorial team from provider documentation · not legal advice

Last checked: 29 October 2026 · How we check

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