# Data Usage and Retention

Because your data passes through both The Grid and the supplier serving your request, this page explains exactly what is stored, what is not, and what data retention policies each supplier operates under. The short version: The Grid does not store your prompts or outputs by default, and all suppliers are configured with zero data retention (ZDR).

We do not store customer prompts, inputs, or model outputs in our systems by default. All inference requests are processed ephemerally and transmitted directly to third party providers. We retain only limited operational metadata (such as request IDs, token counts, timestamps, and response codes) necessary for billing, reliability, and abuse prevention. Customer data is stored only if an individual customer explicitly requests temporary retention for debugging or support purposes. In such cases, retention is time-bounded and strictly limited to resolving the issue.

The Grid uses third-party providers to run models and return inference outputs. **Every provider is configured with Zero Data Retention (ZDR), or similar “do not store prompts or outputs” control.**

In some cases, this is their default setting, in others we have enabled it. In general, these vendors process prompts and outputs ephemerally—only for the duration required to fulfill the request—while logging limited usage metadata (e.g., token counts and request IDs) for billing, operational, and security purposes.

Below you can find a list of our providers, their policies, and any configurations we have enabled to ensure your privacy.

| Provider                                                                                                                                                          | Data usage / retention policy                                                          | Notes / notable exceptions                                                                                                                  |                                |                                                                                    |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| <p><strong>Amazon Bedrock</strong><br><a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/bedrock/"><sub>Docs</sub></a> <sub>                                                    | </sub> <a href="https://aws.amazon.com/service-terms/"><sub>ToS</sub></a> <sub>        | </sub> <a href="https://aws.amazon.com/bedrock/security-compliance/"><sub>Privacy Policy</sub></a></p>                                      | ZDR Endpoints Only             |                                                                                    |
| <p><strong>Baseten</strong><br><a href="https://docs.baseten.co/training/concepts/storage#data-security"><sub>Docs</sub></a> <sub>                                | </sub> <a href="https://www.baseten.co/terms-and-conditions/"><sub>ToS</sub></a> <sub> | </sub> <a href="https://www.baseten.co/privacy-policy/"><sub>Privacy Policy</sub></a></p>                                                   | Zero Data Retention by default |                                                                                    |
| <p><strong>DeepInfra</strong><br><a href="https://deepinfra.com/docs/data"><sub>Docs</sub></a> <sub>                                                              | </sub> <a href="https://deepinfra.com/terms"><sub>ToS</sub></a> <sub>                  | </sub> <a href="https://deepinfra.com/privacy"><sub>Privacy Policy</sub></a></p>                                                            | Zero Data Retention by default | The Grid does not use Anthropic, Google, or image generation models via Deepinfra. |
| <p><strong>Fireworks</strong><br><a href="https://docs.fireworks.ai/guides/security_compliance/data_handling"><sub>Docs</sub></a> <sub>                           | </sub> <a href="https://fireworks.ai/privacy-policy"><sub>ToS</sub></a> <sub>          | </sub> <a href="https://fireworks.ai/terms-of-service"><sub>Privacy Policy</sub></a></p>                                                    | Zero Data Retention by default | The Grid does not use Fireworks via the Responses API                              |
| <p><strong>Google Vertex</strong><br><a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/vertex-ai/docs"><sub>Docs</sub></a> <sub>                                             | </sub> <a href="https://cloud.google.com/terms/service-terms"><sub>ToS</sub></a> <sub> | </sub> <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/vertex-ai/generative-ai/docs/vertex-ai-zero-data-retention"><sub>Privacy Policy</sub></a></p> | ZDR Endpoints Only             |                                                                                    |
| <p><strong>Groq</strong><br><a href="https://console.groq.com/docs/your-data"><sub>Docs</sub></a> <sub>                                                           | </sub> <a href="https://groq.com/terms-of-use"><sub>ToS</sub></a> <sub>                | </sub> <a href="https://groq.com/privacy-policy"><sub>Privacy Policy</sub></a></p>                                                          | Zero Data Retention Enabled    |                                                                                    |
| <p><strong>Nebius</strong><br><a href="https://docs.tokenfactory.nebius.com/data-lab/chat-completions#zero-data-retention-zdr-behavior"><sub>Docs</sub></a> <sub> | </sub> <a href="https://docs.nebius.com/legal/terms-of-use"><sub>ToS</sub></a> <sub>   | </sub> <a href="https://docs.nebius.com/legal/privacy"><sub>Privacy Policy</sub></a></p>                                                    | Zero Data Retention Enabled    |                                                                                    |
| <p><strong>Novita</strong><br><a href="https://novita.ai/legal/terms-of-service"><sub>Docs</sub></a> <sub>                                                        | </sub> <a href="https://novita.ai/legal/terms-of-service"><sub>ToS</sub></a> <sub>     | </sub> <a href="https://novita.ai/legal/privacy-policy"><sub>Privacy Policy</sub></a></p>                                                   | Zero Data Retention by default |                                                                                    |
| <p><strong>Openrouter</strong><br><a href="https://openrouter.ai/docs/guides/features/zdr#zero-retention-endpoints"><sub>Docs</sub></a> <sub>                     | </sub> <a href="https://openrouter.ai/terms"><sub>ToS</sub></a> <sub>                  | </sub> <a href="https://openrouter.ai/privacy"><sub>Privacy Policy</sub></a></p>                                                            | ZDR Endpoints Only             |                                                                                    |
| <p><strong>Parasail</strong><br><a href="https://docs.parasail.io/parasail-docs/security-and-account-management/data-privacy-retention"><sub>Docs</sub></a> <sub> | </sub> <a href="https://parasail.io/legal/terms-of-service"><sub>ToS</sub></a> <sub>   | </sub> <a href="https://parasail.io/legal/privacy-policy"><sub>Privacy Policy</sub></a></p>                                                 | Zero Data Retention by default | The Grid does not use Parasail via the batch API                                   |
| <p><strong>Together</strong><br><a href="https://trust.together.ai/resources"><sub>Docs</sub></a> <sub>                                                           | </sub> <a href="https://www.together.ai/terms-of-service"><sub>ToS</sub></a> <sub>     | </sub> <a href="https://www.together.ai/privacy"><sub>Privacy Policy</sub></a></p>                                                          | Zero Data Retention Enabled    |                                                                                    |


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