How safe is Perplexity for social care & youth services?

The maker of Perplexity publishes little about data protection. Check this before you put confidential social care & youth services data into it. The provider publishes little on this — ask before business use.

What should I watch out for with AI in social domain & youth care?

In the social domain this involves special category personal data (health, debts, family situation, sometimes of children). Never use a free chatbot for conversations or files. Conclude a data processing agreement, require processing within the EU and no training on your data, ask which language models and sub-processors sit behind it, and carry out a DPIA. Ask the resident for consent before you record a conversation, and explain how long the recording and text are kept. Do not let AI itself judge whether someone is entitled to a provision or benefit: the EU AI Act classes systems that determine access to public services as high-risk, and the childcare benefits scandal shows what goes wrong without human checking. Register the application in the Algorithm Register and check every report before it goes into the file.

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How safe is Perplexity for social domain & youth care?

GDPR profile for social domain & youth careUnknown

The maker of Perplexity publishes little about data protection. Ask about this before you put confidential social domain & youth care data into it.

Where does Perplexity stand in social care & youth services?

Spot 16 of 23 options for social domain & youth care (professional tools and general assistants) on GDPR profile. Each tile is an option we track for this field; click for the check.

Strong9

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Good3

Limited3

Unknown1

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: in the social domain this involves special category personal data (health, debts, family situation, sometimes of children).

Stronger or equally strong in social domain & youth care

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Questions

How safe is Perplexity for social care & youth services?: The maker of Perplexity publishes little about data protection. Ask about this before you put confidential social domain & youth care 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 social domain & youth care?: In the social domain this involves special category personal data (health, debts, family situation, sometimes of children). Never use a free chatbot for conversations or files. Conclude a data processing agreement, require processing within the EU and no training on your data, ask which language models and sub-processors sit behind it, and carry out a DPIA. Ask the resident for consent before you record a conversation, and explain how long the recording and text are kept. Do not let AI itself judge whether someone is entitled to a provision or benefit: the EU AI Act classes systems that determine access to public services as high-risk, and the childcare benefits scandal shows what goes wrong without human checking. Register the application in the Algorithm Register and check every report before it goes into the file.

Source documents

www.perplexity.ai openrouter.ai

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Last checked: 29 October 2026 · How we check

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