Data

Coda / Superhuman Docs and the GDPR: AI training, data location and DPA

Superhuman Business: Trains on your data unless you switch it off. EU hosting not documented · DPA in the terms.

Vendor: Superhuman Platform Inc. (formerly Grammarly; Coda Project LLC)Workspace and projectsChecked on How we check

Verdict

Is Coda / Superhuman Docs GDPR compliant?

Superhuman Business

Business

Trains on your data unless you switch it off

EU hosting not documented · DPA in the terms

Price: €33 / user / mo

No tool is GDPR compliant on its own: that depends on how your business uses it. This page shows the vendor's side, from its own pages. It is not legal advice.

Training

Does Coda / Superhuman Docs train on your data?

Trains on your data by default?

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Trains on your data unless you switch it off.

Yes, unless the user opts out. The plans page lists Model training as 'Opt out' for Free, Pro and Business and 'Off by default' for Enterprise. The privacy policy says the choice is a training control in account settings.

Vendor's wording: “Model training Opt out Opt out Opt out Off by default”

Source: superhuman.comPlans and features, Privacy: Model training row (columns Free, Pro, Business, Enterprise)Second source: coda.ioChecked on

Switch-off

How do you turn off AI training in Coda / Superhuman Docs?

How to switch training off

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You can switch the training off.

Turn off the AI training control in account settings (the policy gives no menu path). The plans page lists model training as 'Opt out' for Business, i.e. on until switched off; whether an admin can set it for the whole organisation is not stated for Docs.

Vendor's wording: “AI training control. As described above, you can decide whether Superhuman can use your user content to train our AI models”

Source: coda.ioPrivacy Policy, 'Your Rights and Choices'Checked on

Location

Where does Coda / Superhuman Docs store your data?

Where data is stored by default

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Hosted on Amazon Web Services; the DPA allows processing in the United States and other places where Superhuman and its sub-processors operate. No region is named.

Vendor's wording: “Docs is hosted on Amazon Web Services (AWS). Encryption key management is provided through AWS Key Management Service (KMS).”

Source: coda.ioDPA Exhibit B, hosting paragraphChecked on

Contract

Does Coda / Superhuman Docs sign a data processing agreement?

Data processing agreement (DPA)

Checked

DPA in the terms.

Yes. A Data Privacy Addendum is part of the agreement between the customer and Superhuman and takes precedence over the main terms.

Vendor's wording: “is incorporated into and subject to the terms and conditions of the current version of any agreements”

Source: coda.ioData Privacy Addendum, opening paragraphChecked on

Processors

Who else handles Coda / Superhuman Docs data?

Sub-processors (companies that handle the data for them)

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Published.

Yes, public at https://coda.io/trust/subprocessor: 20 third-party sub-processors plus 8 Superhuman group companies. AI providers listed: Anthropic, Azure, Baseten, OpenAI.

Vendor's wording: “Superhuman Platform (including products offered as “Grammarly”, “Coda”, “Superhuman Go”, and “Superhuman Mail”) engages certain third-party vendors”

Source: coda.ioSuperhuman Subprocessors, Third-party Sub-processorsChecked on

EU–US Data Privacy Framework

Checked

On the list.

Active (Superhuman Platform Inc. (formerly Grammarly, Inc.); EU-US DPF, Swiss-US DPF, UK Extension)

Source: dataprivacyframework.govSearch 'Superhuman Platform'Checked on

Retention

How long does Coda / Superhuman Docs keep your data?

How long data is kept

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Deleted documents stay in primary storage 7 days for recovery, then are removed; they remain in backups for another 35 days before being purged (unless the account holder directs otherwise).

Vendor's wording: “documents are retained in primary storage for seven (7) days to allow for recovery, then permanently removed from primary storage”

Source: coda.ioDPA Exhibit B, hosting paragraphChecked on

Security

Which certifications and admin controls does Coda / Superhuman Docs have?

Security certifications

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5 named: ISO 27001, ISO 27017, ISO 27018, SOC 2 Type 2 (enterprise customers only) and SOC 3. HIPAA, GDPR and CCPA are listed as compliance programmes.

Vendor's wording: “SOC 2 Type 2 (Type Ⅱ) Trust Services Principles Available for enterprise customers”

Source: coda.ioTrust centre, Security, ComplianceChecked on

Price

What does Coda / Superhuman Docs cost?

Price, as shown in Germany

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€33 / user / mo.

EUR 33 per member/month billed annually (EUR 40 billed monthly) for the Superhuman Business plan, which bundles Mail, Grammarly, Docs and Go; VAT not shown.

Vendor's wording: “per member / month, billed annually €40 when billed monthly”

Source: superhuman.comPlans page, Business cardChecked on

The vendor doesn't say: EU hosting, admin controls.

Alternatives

Coda / Superhuman Docs alternatives that don't train on your data

Other workspace and projects tools whose business plan doesn't train on your data and includes a DPA.

The five marks, in order: No AI training · EU hosting · DPA · Sub-processors listed · DPF or EU vendor. ✓ meets it, ✕ doesn't, – partly, ? not stated.

Tool · PlanVerdictYour five rules
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    Doesn't train on your dataEU hosting available · DPA in the terms

    ✓✓✓✓✓

  • Miro

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    Doesn't train on your dataEU hosting available · DPA in the terms

    ✓✓✓✓✓

  • monday.com

    Pro · €19 / user / mo

    Doesn't train on your dataEU hosting available · DPA in the terms

    ✓✓✓✓✓

  • Teamwork.com

    Basics · $9.99 / user / mo

    Doesn't train on your dataEU hosting available · DPA on request

    ✓✓✓✓✓

  • Wrike

    Business · $25 / user / mo

    Doesn't train on your dataEU hosting available · DPA in the terms

    ✓✓✓✓✓

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