Data

Granola and the GDPR: AI training, data location and DPA

Business: Trains on your data unless you switch it off. EU hosting not documented · DPA on request.

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Verdict

Is Granola GDPR compliant?

Business

Business

Trains on your data unless you switch it off

EU hosting not documented · DPA on request

Price: $14 / 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 Granola train on your data?

Trains on your data by default?

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Trains on your data unless you switch it off.

Yes, in de-identified form, unless the user opts out: Granola trains on anonymised data; only Enterprise has training off by default. Third parties such as OpenAI and Anthropic may not train on it

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Switch-off

How do you turn off AI training in Granola?

How to switch training off

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You can switch the training off.

Each user opts out in their Granola account settings; a workspace-wide opt-out is an Enterprise feature

Source: granola.aiAI training paragraph ('which you can opt-out of within your Granola account settings')Second source: granola.aiChecked on

Location

Where does Granola store your data?

Where data is stored by default

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United States: AWS servers located primarily in the US; Granola operates from the US and the UK

Source: granola.aiSection on where data is processedChecked on

Contract

Does Granola sign a data processing agreement?

Data processing agreement (DPA)

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DPA on request.

Yes, on request: a DPA is 'available upon request' and marked available on every plan

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Processors

Who else handles Granola data?

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

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16 listed.

Public. 16 entries, 15 in the US and 1 in the UK; AI and transcription: Anthropic, OpenAI, Google Cloud, xAI, AssemblyAI, Deepgram, Braintrust, Parallel and Fireworks; hosting on AWS

Source: trust.granola.aiSubprocessors list (all pages)Checked on

EU–US Data Privacy Framework

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Not listed.

No listing found for search term 'Granola'

Source: dataprivacyframework.govSearch 'Granola' returned 'Query returned no results'Checked on

Retention

How long does Granola keep your data?

How long data is kept

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Audio is not stored: it is transcribed live (desktop) or from a temporary cache (mobile). Transcripts and notes stay until deleted; each user can set transcript retention and auto-deletion

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Security

Which certifications and admin controls does Granola have?

Admin controls for AI

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Limited. Business has centralised billing and user management; workspace-wide training opt-out, retention policy, sharing settings and admin controls for MCP, API and integrations are Enterprise only

Source: granola.aiPlan comparison, 'Trust & Control' and admin rowsChecked on

The vendor doesn't say: EU hosting, price.

Alternatives

Granola alternatives that don't train on your data

Other meetings and notes 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
  • jamie

    Team · €33 / user / mo

    Doesn't train on your dataData in the EU by default · DPA on request

    ✓✓✓✓✓

  • Leexi

    Business · €39 / user / mo

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

    ✓✓✓✓✓

  • Noota

    Business · $39 / mo

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

    ✓✓✓✓✓

  • tl;dv

    Business (+1) · €29 / user / mo

    Doesn't train on your dataData in the EU by default · DPA in the terms

    ✓✓✓✓✓

  • Trint

    Advanced · See details

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

    ✓✓✓✓✓

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