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Key Facts · in the document’s own words

Does Perplexity AI use user data to improve or create services and products?
“We also use data to: Identify you when you visit our sites. Complete transactions. Improve or create services and products, including our AI models.”
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Perplexity AI uses user data to improve or create services and products, including its AI models.
Does Perplexity AI knowingly collect personal data from children under age 16 without parental consent?
“Our websites and online services are not meant for children under 13 years old, and we do not knowingly collect personal data from children under age 16 without parental consent.”
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Perplexity AI does not knowingly collect personal data from children under age 16 without parental consent.
Does Perplexity AI record browsing history when a user uses Comet with a synced account?
“Depending on your settings, we record your browsing history and track your use and engagement when you use Comet with your synced Perplexity account.”
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Perplexity AI records browsing history and tracks use and engagement when a user uses Comet with a synced Perplexity account, depending on the user's settings.
May users revoke consent for processing of personal data where consent is the basis for that processing?
“Where we process your personal data based upon consent, you may revoke consent. Note, if you revoke consent for processing personal data, we may no longer be able to provide you some types of services.”
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Perplexity AI allows users to revoke consent for processing of personal data where consent is the basis for that processing.
By submitting personal data to Perplexity AI, does a user agree to the transfer, storage, and processing of that data in a country other than their country of residence?
“By submitting your personal data to us you agree to the transfer, storage, and processing of your data in a country other than your country of residence including, but not limited to, the United States.”
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By submitting personal data to Perplexity AI, a user agrees to the transfer, storage, and processing of that data in a country other than their country of residence, including but not limited to the United States.
What does Perplexity AI's Email Assistant do?
“If you choose to link Email Assistant to your email provider, the service will analyze the contents of messages you send and receive in order to advise on responses.”
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Perplexity AI's Email Assistant analyzes the contents of messages a user sends and receives in order to advise on responses, if the user chooses to link Email Assistant to their email provider.
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Summary
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Perplexity AI's privacy policy explains how the company collects and uses your data, including everything you type or upload, to improve its products and AI models. If you use the Email Assistant or Comet browser features, additional sensitive data—email contents and browsing history—may be collected or analyzed, though email content is not used to train AI models. You can revoke consent for data processing where consent is the basis, and you can opt out of targeted advertising through the cookie consent pop-up on the service.

Analysis

This privacy policy establishes the terms under which Perplexity AI collects, uses, shares, and transfers personal data from users of its services. Perplexity AI processes the full scope of user interactions—including prompts, queries, uploads, and generated outputs—and uses that data to improve or create its services and AI models, with a categorical exclusion for email content from AI model training. The policy sets out cross-border data transfer terms, whereby submission of personal data constitutes agreement to processing in the United States and other countries. Users are granted the right to revoke consent where consent is the legal basis for processing, and to opt out of targeted advertising through a cookie consent mechanism. Perplexity AI does not sell or share sensitive personal data for cross-context behavioral advertising, but may share data with third-party measurement vendors through server-to-server connections, cookies, and pixels.

What this means for you

Every prompt, query, upload, and output you generate on Perplexity AI's services is processed by the company and may contribute to AI model development. If you link the Email Assistant to your email provider, Perplexity AI analyzes both the messages you send and receive to advise on responses, though that email content is not used to train AI models. If you sync your Perplexity account with the Comet browser, your browsing history and engagement data are recorded depending on your settings. Submitting personal data to the service constitutes agreement to its transfer and storage in the United States and other countries. One concrete action available to you: use the cookie consent pop-up on Perplexity AI's services to opt out of targeted advertising, including the use of cookies and pixels for that purpose.

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7 versions captured · Latest change detected by ConductAtlas: July 2026

July 5, 2026

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What changed Perplexity AI renamed its Privacy Policy to Privacy Notice and substantially restructured the document to provide more detailed disclosure of data collection practices. The updated notice explicitly describes new data collection categories including Comet browser settings and history, Email Assistant message analysis, and local device data storage, along with stated legal bases for each collection type. The change also clarifies that Enterprise and API offerings are excluded from the notice and governed separately.
Why this matters The updated notice provides more granular disclosure of what data Perplexity collects and how it uses that data, organized by collection method and use case. The notice explicitly describes collection of Comet browser history and settings, Email Assistant message analysis, and local device data storage, each with stated legal bases. The notice also clarifies that Email Assistant does not use message contents for AI model training. You can review the updated notice to understand which data collection practices apply to services you use, and adjust Comet privacy settings or opt out of Email Assistant if desired.
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Archival ProvenanceSource & Archival Record
This version captured September 11, 2026 00:20 UTC
Last successful capture October 15, 2026 00:17 UTC
Date stated by the document July 8, 2026 (as printed in this version)
Capture Method Automated scheduled archival capture
Document ID CA-D-000510
Version ID CA-V-006630
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