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How safe is Perplexity for the food industry?

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 issue, such as an investigation by a regulator. How we measure for the food industryUnknown

The maker of Perplexity publishes little about data protection. Ask about this before you put confidential food industry data into it.

Where does Perplexity stand in the food industry?

Place 21 of 28 options for the food industry (professional tools and general assistants) on GDPR profile. Each tile is an option we track for this field; click for the check.

Strong6
Good7
Limited7
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 this sector the data is usually business data (recipes, suppliers, production figures) and rarely personal data, but recipes and specifications are trade secrets.

Stronger or equally strong in the food industry

OneThirdOneThird B.V. (Enschede, NL)Delicious DataDelicious Data GmbH (Munich, Germany)Robovision IndurionRobovision BV (Ghent, BE)FoodDocsFoodDocs OÜ (Tallinn, EE)TOMRA Food LUCAiTOMRA Systems ASA (Asker, NO)

Questions

How safe is Perplexity for the food industry?
The maker of Perplexity publishes little about data protection. Ask about this before you put confidential food industry data into it. The provider publishes little on this, ask 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 the food industry?
In this sector the data is mostly business data (recipes, suppliers, production figures) and rarely personal data, but recipes and specifications are trade secrets. Ask every provider whether your data is used to train models: Trace One excludes training of public models, while OneThird, according to its terms, receives a perpetual licence to anonymised, aggregated data. Pay attention to hosting location: OneThird and Delicious Data host in the EU, SGS FoodNexus is Swiss, and with Qcify the American parent is the controller. Hardly any provider states which AI model sits behind it (Trace One names Gemini). An AI inspection or HACCP proposal does not replace release by a competent employee: legal responsibility for food safety (Regulation (EC) No 178/2002) and labelling (Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011) remains with you. Cameras on the shop floor can also capture employees; arrange that with the works council and a DPIA.

Source documents

www.perplexity.aiopenrouter.ai

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Last checked: 29 October 2026 · How we check

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