OK
Trains on your data by default
= no (Favourable)Ollama processes cloud prompts and responses to answer your requests. We do not use them to train models.
service ollama-cloudvendor Ollamacategory Inference hosts & routers
Does Ollama Cloud train on your data?
No (Favourable)
- fields
- 5 favourable2 unverified1 neutral / n/a
- sources cited
- 3 pages
- source monitor
- 3/3 ok on 2026-10-26
- last field check
Evidence log
OK
Default retention
= transient (Favourable)Prompts and responses are not stored beyond the request.
this content is not stored beyond the time required to fulfill the request.
Against the 21 tools that state a period (grey dots):
OK
Zero data retention
= default (Favourable)Ollama says it requires no-logging and ZDR terms from the NVIDIA Cloud Providers that host its models.
When Ollama partners with providers, we require no logging, no training, and zero data retention policies in place.
OK
Abuse-monitoring exception
= none stated (prompts never logged) (Favourable)Ollama says cloud prompts and responses are never logged, and its model partners must have no-logging and zero-retention policies. The privacy policy lists fraud and abuse prevention using account, device and usage data; its diagnostic metadata excludes prompt content.
Prompt or response data is never logged or trained on.
N/A
Data residency / regions
= US (may route to Europe) (Neutral / n/a)No region choice.
Ollama hosts models and compute resources primarily in the United States. To serve global demand, we may route to Europe for additional capacity.
UNVERIF
SOC 2 / ISO 27001
= unverified (Unverified)No certification statement found.
no official page stated this clearly
UNVERIF
HIPAA BAA
= unverified (Unverified)Not stated.
no official page stated this clearly
OK
Self-host option
= yes (local Ollama) (Favourable)The same tool runs models entirely on your machine; cloud features can be disabled.
We don’t see your prompts or data when you run locally.
Source checks
- ✓ OKdocs.ollama.com/cloudfetched 2026-10-26 · Trains
- ✓ OKollama.com/cloudfetched 2026-10-26 · ZDR, Abuse mon., SG/APAC, SOC2/ISO
- ✓ OKollama.com/privacyfetched 2026-10-26 · Retention, HIPAA BAA, Self-host
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