Phind
medium riskAI-powered search engine and coding assistantphind.comverified 2024-05-22profile 70% complete
Data-handling profile
- Trains on input
- Yes, on the consumer tier (enterprise tier excluded)
- Retention
- For consumer users, data is retained until the user deletes their account or requests deletion. For Enterprise/API users, Phind states that input data is not used to train models and is retained only as long as necessary to provide the service or as required by law.
- Data region
- United States
- Certifications
- none listed
- DPA available
- Yes
- Breach history
- None reported
- EU AI Act
- As a US-based AI provider, Phind is subject to the EU AI Act if they provide services to EU users; however, they do not currently publish a specific compliance statement regarding their status under the Act.
Sources
Everything above rests on a single document. That is not the same evidence as two independent documents agreeing. If the vendor moves or rewrites that page, the whole profile goes with it — treat these claims as uncorroborated and check them yourself before relying on them.
- https://www.phind.com/privacyblocks our crawler; opens in a browser
- https://www.phind.com/termslink no longer resolves
- https://www.phind.com/enterpriselink no longer resolves
Every fact above is drawn from the vendor's public documentation, reviewed by a human, and version-stamped. Monitored daily for changes. 2 of these 3 links no longer resolve. We record what we relied on rather than deleting it, so the trail stays auditable — but a struck-through source cannot be re-checked today.
Control mapping
Obligations this vendor triggers, each attributable to the fact it rests on — for your supplier register, not a compliance determination.
- EU AI Act Art. 50 — Transparency obligations for AI systemsattention
trains_on_input = consumer_tier. Inputs may be reused for model training — users interacting with this system need to be informed accordingly.
- EU AI Act Art. 26 — Obligations of deployers of high-risk AI systemsapplies
Applies to your organisation as deployer, independent of vendor. Assign human oversight, keep logs, and monitor operation where this tool is used in a high-risk context (Annex III duties apply from 2 Dec 2027).
- ISO/IEC 27001 A.5.19 — Information security in supplier relationshipsapplies
Phind processes organisational data as a supplier. Include this vendor in the supplier register and risk assessment.
- ISO/IEC 27001 A.5.20 — Addressing information security within supplier agreementsok
dpa_available = true. A data processing agreement is available and should be executed.
- ISO/IEC 27001 A.5.23 — Information security for use of cloud servicesattention
Cloud AI service; trains_on_input = consumer_tier. Data submitted to this cloud service may be retained or reused — define acceptable-use rules for it.
- ISO/IEC 42001 A.10.3 — Suppliers of AI systems and servicesapplies
No certifications listed. No AI-management certification identified; assurance must come from your own supplier assessment.
- GDPR Art. 44–49 — International transfers of personal dataattention
data_region = United States. Processing occurs outside the EU/EEA — a transfer mechanism (SCCs or adequacy) must be in place.
- NIS2 Art. 21(2)(d) — Supply chain securityapplies
AI vendor forms part of your ICT supply chain. In scope for entities covered by NIS2; include in supply-chain risk measures.
- DORA Art. 28 — General principles for ICT third-party riskapplies
AI vendor is an ICT third-party service provider. For financial entities: register of information and contractual requirements apply.
Change history
No material changes recorded since monitoring began.