Is Plaud safe with your data?

Plaud

Plaud Inc.

65/100

Good disclosure · high confidence

Plaud earns a B (65/100) because it discloses most of its data practices.

#28

of 211 apps ranked

score · Meeting intelligence avg 61

vs category average

Grade scaleA · 70–100B · 60–69C · 48–59D · 35–47F · 0–34

Plaud's privacy policy commits to never training AI on user content without explicit opt-in consent, names in-app access, correction, and deletion mechanisms, and discloses SCC-based international transfers, but it shares hashed identifiers for advertising with only a GPC opt-out, gives only vague retention and security language, and is silent on breach notification and synthetic-output marking.

What Plaud's privacy policy and terms of service say about your data

No-train commitment

Explicitly commits to never using Content to train AI models absent explicit informed opt-in consent, and requires LLM providers not to train on shared content.

Advertising sharing lowered

D4.3 downgraded to half: the policy says it does not sell data but concedes sharing hashed identifiers for advertising qualifies as CCPA 'sharing,' offered only with a GPC opt-out.

Vague security and retention

Security is boilerplate 'appropriate technical and organizational measures' (half), retention is 'as long as necessary' with no number (ladder 0.2), and breach notice is absent (zero).

What the policy is silent or vague on

Not stated: whether training use differs by plan
Not stated: a deletion timeline after closure or request
Not stated: marking of AI-generated output
Not stated: breach notification

Plaud privacy rating

Training-data use1 of 4 disclosed

Keeps user inputs out of model training, or makes training opt-inDisclosed

Names a way to opt out of or into trainingPartial

Says whether training use differs by plan or tierSilent

Lets the user keep ownership of generated outputsPartial

Data-subject rights4 of 5 disclosed

Grants a right to access your dataDisclosed

Grants a right to delete your dataDisclosed

Offers data portability in a usable formatPartial

Grants a right to correct your dataDisclosed

Grants a way to object to or opt out of processingDisclosed

Retention and deletion0 of 4 disclosed

States a retention period for your dataPartial

States a deletion timeline after closure or requestSilent

Sets a shorter retention for AI conversation logsPartial

Commits to collecting only the data it needsPartial

Third-party sharing2 of 5 disclosed

Lists the categories of third parties it shares withDisclosed

References a sub-processor list or data processing agreementPartial

Does not sell or share data for advertising, or offers opt-outPartial

Names a safeguard for international data transfersDisclosed

States a standard for government and law-enforcement accessPartial

Transparency4 of 5 disclosed

Discloses that you are interacting with AIDisclosed

Marks AI-generated or synthetic outputSilent

Enumerates the categories of data it collectsDisclosed

Maps processing purposes to legal basesDisclosed

Is versioned and dated, with change noticeDisclosed

Sensitive data and children2 of 3 disclosed

Discloses automated decisions and a human-review pathNot applicable

Limits the use of special-category dataDisclosed

Governs biometric data specificallyPartial

States protections for children's dataDisclosed

Security and accountability1 of 3 disclosed

Describes its security safeguardsPartial

Commits to breach notificationSilent

Names a certification or a privacy contactDisclosed

DisclosedPartialSilentAdverseNot applicable

Details

Category: Meeting intelligence
Modalities: audio, text
Processes biometrics: Yes
Policy last updated: 2026-06-16
Region scored: Global / US-default
Last assessed: 2026-07-08

Documents examined

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Each grade reflects our analysis of what an app states in its public privacy policy and terms as of the assessment date. It measures the transparency of those documents, not the company's actual data practices, security, or compliance. Grades are our opinion, offered for general information. Full disclaimer.