Perplexity AI updated its privacy policy on July 5, 2026, renaming it to 'Privacy Notice' and expanding the document from 322 sentences with 106 additions, 31 removals, and 167 modifications. The revised policy provides more detailed descriptions of data collection methods (direct, automatic, from other sources), adds explicit disclosures about specific services like Comet browser and Email Assistant, clarifies the company's data controller and processor roles, and reorganizes information architecture to separate enterprise/API offerings where Perplexity acts as a processor. The updated terms now explicitly state that local data stored in Comet is not accessed by Perplexity, and that email content is not used to train AI models.
Enterprise customers: Enterprise customers must ensure their existing data processing agreements reflect Perplexity's processor role and comply with the stated scope limitations.
Consumers: Perplexity has expanded what it discloses about how specific services collect and use data, providing users with more detail about data flows across Comet and Email Assistant.
The updated privacy notice expands transparency about how Perplexity collects and processes data across its services. The revised terms explicitly disclose that Comet browser collects browsing history, local data, and usage patterns; that Email Assistant analyzes email content for response advice but does not use that content for AI training; and that account data collection applies when creating accounts, submitting queries, and uploading documents. The policy now clearly separates consumer and enterprise data handling, stating that enterprise and API offerings are governed separately where Perplexity acts as a processor rather than a controller. You can review Comet privacy settings through the browser's controls and configure data collection preferences through your account settings.
→ Review Comet browser privacy settings to understand and adjust data collection preferences for browsing history and local storage
→ If using Email Assistant, review the updated disclosure that email content is analyzed for response advice but not used for AI model training
Policy now explicitly discloses collection of browsing history, local storage, device permissions, and usage patterns in Comet, with statement that Perplexity does not access local data but third parties may track users even in incognito mode.
Policy explicitly states that email content is not used to create, train, improve, or fine-tune AI models, limiting use to providing response advice to the user.
Policy explicitly separates consumer services (where Perplexity is controller) from Enterprise and API offerings (where Perplexity is processor under separate Data Processing Addendum).
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This change represents a material expansion of privacy policy transparency and specificity across Perplexity's service portfolio. The company has reorganized its privacy governance to explicitly separate consumer services (where it acts as data controller) from …
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