Ecosia Chat
Ecosia · Chat assistant · DE · www.ecosia.org
Last verified 2026-09-16
Entry
services/ecosia-chat.yamlTraining on your data (default tier)
Queries go to Mistral AI under zero data retention, with OpenAI as fallback; chats not analysed without explicit consent
Retention
Chat history optional and deletable; uploaded files kept 7 days; sampled QA conversations kept up to 30 days; OpenAI fallback stores input and output 30 days
Data residency
Berlin company; QA data hosted in AWS eu-west-1 (Ireland); model providers Mistral (Paris) and OpenAI (US fallback) under SCCs
Vendor data-handling terms
Training on your data (default tier)
Queries go to Mistral AI under zero data retention, with OpenAI as fallback; chats not analysed without explicit consent
“If you use our chat service, queries will be sent to our model provider Mistral AI. / Your data is not retained by Mistral AI, following the Zero Data Retention policy. / We will not analyze or personalize your chats without your explicit consent.”
Retention
Chat history optional and deletable; uploaded files kept 7 days; sampled QA conversations kept up to 30 days; OpenAI fallback stores input and output 30 days
“To enhance your experience, uploaded files are retained for 7 days and remain accessible within your conversations during that period. / Sampled conversation data is retained for up to 30 days, after which it is deleted. / OpenAI will store your input and output data for 30 days for quality assurance purposes.”
Data residency
Berlin company; QA data hosted in AWS eu-west-1 (Ireland); model providers Mistral (Paris) and OpenAI (US fallback) under SCCs
“Data is hosted in the European Union (Ireland, AWS eu-west-1) and retained for up to 30 days before deletion. / Data transfers to the United States are safeguarded through the EU Commission's standard contractual clauses.”
Domains and endpoints
observed means seen in Unseen deployments; vendor-documented means listed by the vendor. Vendors do not publish complete lists.
| Host | Role | Source |
|---|---|---|
| api.ecosia.org | api | observed |
Assessment
Web app: low
Reasoning: The AI chat in the Ecosia search engine, from a Berlin company. Prompts go to Mistral under zero data retention with a US OpenAI fallback, short fixed retention for files and samples, EU hosting, and no analysis of chats without consent.
Flags: EU vendor and hosting · OpenAI fallback stores 30 days · Assessed 2026-09-16. The assessment is Unseen's; the terms above are the vendor's.
Changelog
- 2026-09-16Documented. Provider, retention and hosting terms verified against the Ecosia privacy policy.
- 2026-09-15Listed from the Unseen catalogue with observed domains.
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