https://www.termswatchdog.com/tool/granola.aiGranola
https://granola.aiAI Transparency Facts
Independent analysis by TermsWatchdog · Barbieri Technology Group
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Overall Assessment
Granola offers reasonable privacy protections with some positive features like local processing, user-controlled sharing, and opt-out rights for model training. However, it presents moderate risks including indefinite data retention by default, use of de-identified data for model training unless opted out, and sharing with multiple third-party service providers. The lack of HIPAA compliance and US-only data storage may limit enterprise adoption in regulated industries or international organizations.
Compliance & Certifications
† Risk values based on Barbieri Technology Group AI Governance Framework
Missing or Unaddressed Information
- Specific data retention schedules beyond 'indefinite'
- Detailed model explainability or auditability features
- Specific security incident response procedures
- International data transfer mechanisms beyond Standard Contractual Clauses
- Detailed subprocessor list (referenced but not provided in analyzed documents)
Sources Analyzed
- https://docs.granola.ai/help-center/consent-security-privacy/security-privacy-data-faqs
- https://docs.granola.ai/help-center/policies/privacy-policy
- https://docs.granola.ai/help-center/policies/terms-of-service/user-terms-of-service
- https://www.granola.ai/security
- https://granola.ai/terms
- https://granola.ai/tos
- https://granola.ai/privacy
Inaccessible (13)
- https://docs.granola.ai/help-center/policies/security-reports/post-mortem-google-workspace-session-logout-vulnerability
- https://docs.granola.ai/help-center/consent-security-privacy/automatic-in-chat-entrance-messaging
- https://docs.granola.ai/help-center/consent-security-privacy/transcript-auto-deletion
- https://docs.granola.ai/help-center/consent-security-privacy/in-meeting-notice-google-meet
- https://docs.granola.ai/help-center/policies/security-reports/post-mortem-assembly-ai-api-key-exposure
Policy Dates
Terms of Service: 19th December 2025
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Methodology: TermsWatchdog acquires publicly available terms of service, privacy policies, security policies, and data processing agreements, then passes the full content to its AI for structured risk analysis across 12 governance categories. Results are cached until re-analyzed automatically.
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