Fathom
Fathom · Meeting notes · US · fathom.video
services/fathom.yamlVendor data-handling terms
“Based on how you configure your account settings, we may use and create de-identified data generated from Meeting Content Information to improve our Service by training, improving, and customizing our in-house artificial intelligence models.”
No fixed retention period for recordings or transcripts is stated in the policy; they remain in the account until deleted.
“Voiceprints are retained as set forth in our Biometric Information Collection and Consent – Notice of Collection . / When deleting personal information, we will take measures to render such personal information irrecoverable or irreproducible, and the electronic files which contain personal information will be permanently deleted.”
“Our Service are hosted in the United States and intended for visitors located within the United States.”
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 Vendors do not publish complete lists.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 |
|---|---|---|
| fathom.video | app | observed |
Assessment
Reasoning: A meeting recorder whose default settings may feed de-identified meeting content into the vendor's model training, that collects voiceprints, and that declares itself hosted in and intended for the United States. Every meeting it joins includes other people. For an EU organisation the combination of biometric processing, training use, and US-only intent is the weakest profile among the meeting assistants documented so far. Team-plan settings may differ and are not verified here.
Flags: Training on de-identified meeting content (setting-dependent) · Biometric data (voiceprints) · Recorded meetings (third-party personal data; consent required) · Intended for US visitors only · Assessed 2026-09-16. The assessment is Unseen's; the terms above are the vendor's.
Changelog
- 2026-09-16Documented. Training, biometric, and hosting terms verified against the Fathom privacy policy.
- 2026-09-15Listed from the Unseen catalogue with observed domains.
Corrections
Pull request on GitHub, or the form below. Changes are reviewed and recorded in the changelog.