This provision prohibits use of the Perplexity API to process Protected Health Information as defined under HIPAA unless a separate Business Associate Agreement has been executed between Customer and Perplexity.
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Without a Business Associate Agreement, any use of the Services involving Protected Health Information is prohibited, creating a compliance risk for customers operating in healthcare-adjacent contexts.
New explicit prohibition on healthcare data processing without a BAA, limiting API use cases in regulated healthcare industries and creating compliance obligations not addressed in previous version.
View full change record →Under this clause, Customers are contractually prohibited from transmitting or processing Protected Health Information via the API unless a Business Associate Agreement is separately executed with Perplexity. The agreement does not indicate whether Perplexity offers a BAA as a standard commercial option.
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"Customer may not use the Services to create, receive, maintain, transmit, or otherwise process any information that includes or constitutes "Protected Health Information"...unless Customer and Perplexity have executed a Business Associate Agreement.Excerpt from Perplexity AI's Perplexity API Terms of Service
1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: This provision directly engages HIPAA, specifically the Privacy Rule at 45 C.F.R.
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Without a Business Associate Agreement, any use of the Services involving Protected Health Information is prohibited, creating a compliance risk for customers operating in healthcare-adjacent contexts.
Under this clause, Customers are contractually prohibited from transmitting or processing Protected Health Information via the API unless a Business Associate Agreement is separately executed with Perplexity. The agreement does not indicate whether Perplexity offers a BAA as a standard commercial option.
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