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AI Model Training on User Search Queries

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Why it matters (compliance & governance perspective)

Search queries often contain sensitive personal information about health, finances, relationships, or legal issues — using these as AI training data without explicit opt-in consent creates real privacy risks.

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

Using Perplexity AI means your queries, conversation history, device data, and usage patterns are collected and may be shared with third-party service providers, advertising partners, and potentially acquirers in a corporate transaction. The policy permits use of interaction data for AI model training and improvement, which means sensitive questions submitted to the search engine may contribute to training datasets. You can exercise data access, deletion, or opt-out rights by submitting a request to privacy@perplexity.ai.

How other platforms handle this

Ideogram Medium

We may use the content you provide to us, including prompts and generated images, to train and improve our AI models and services.

Windsurf Medium

We may leverage OpenAI models independent of user selection for processing other tasks (e.g. for summarization). We may leverage Anthropic models independent of user selection for processing other tasks (e.g. for summarization). We may leverage these models independent of user selection for processi...

Character.AI Medium

Users under 18 years old interact with an age-appropriate model specifically designed to reduce the likelihood of exposure to sensitive or suggestive content. Our under-18 model has additional and more conservative classifiers than the model for our adult users so we can enforce our content policies...

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We may use the information we collect, including the queries you submit and the content you interact with, to train, improve, and develop our artificial intelligence models and services. This includes using your search queries, feedback, and interactions to refine our models' performance and accuracy.

— Excerpt from Perplexity AI's Perplexity Privacy Policy

Applicable regulations

EU AI Act
European Union
California AB 2013 AI Training Data Transparency
US-CA
Colorado AI Act
US-CO
EU AI Act - High Risk Provisions
EU
GDPR
European Union
Texas AI Act
Texas, USA
Trump Executive Order on AI Policy Framework
US
UK GDPR
United Kingdom

Provision details

Document information
Document
Perplexity Privacy Policy
Entity
Perplexity AI
Document last updated
May 5, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
May 8, 2026
Last verified
May 11, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-006923
Document ID
CA-D-00510
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
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Analysis generated
May 8, 2026 15:07 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
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Citation Record
Entity: Perplexity AI
Document: Perplexity Privacy Policy
Record ID: CA-P-006923
Captured: 2026-05-08 15:07:23 UTC
SHA-256: fca7662177c01e9e…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/perplexity-ai/perplexity-privacy-policy/ai-model-training-on-user-search-queries/
Accessed: May 14, 2026
Permanent archival reference. Stable identifier suitable for legal filings, compliance documentation, and research citation.
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Severity
High
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does Perplexity AI's AI Model Training on User Search Queries clause do?

Search queries often contain sensitive personal information about health, finances, relationships, or legal issues — using these as AI training data without explicit opt-in consent creates real privacy risks.

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