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The right to revoke consent is a meaningful privacy control, but it is limited to processing activities where consent—rather than another legal basis—is the ground for processing.
Interpretive note: The excerpt contains two independent propositions: the right to revoke consent, and the consequence that revocation may limit service availability. The canonical claim states the primary right; the consequence is recorded in omitted_material and reflected in what_this_means.
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.
View change record →You may revoke consent for data processing that is based on consent, but Perplexity AI states it may no longer be able to provide some types of services as a result.
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Where you have provided your consent, you have the right to withdraw your consent. If you withdraw your consent, we may continue processing your Data to the extent permitted by applicable laws and/or set out in this Policy.
The right to withdraw consent previously provided for consent-based handling of information (without affecting the lawfulness of prior use and disclosure of the information).
"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.Excerpt from Perplexity AI's Perplexity Privacy Policy
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The right to revoke consent is a meaningful privacy control, but it is limited to processing activities where consent—rather than another legal basis—is the ground for processing.
You may revoke consent for data processing that is based on consent, but Perplexity AI states it may no longer be able to provide some types of services as a result.
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