Pinecone
Pinecone · Model API · US · www.pinecone.io
Last verified 2026-09-16
Entry
services/pinecone.yamlTraining on your data (default tier)
Data stored in Pinecone indexes is processed only as instructed by the customer under a data processing agreement; the public policy does not govern it
Retention
Personal information as long as necessary for the purposes collected; index data retention is the customer's choice
Data residency
Headquartered in the United States; index region is selected by the customer at creation
Vendor data-handling terms
Training on your data (default tier)
Data stored in Pinecone indexes is processed only as instructed by the customer under a data processing agreement; the public policy does not govern it
“This Privacy Policy does not govern how we may process personal information on behalf of our enterprise customers as part of the Pinecone Services. / We process such personal data only as instructed by our customers and in accordance with a data processing agreement between our customers and us.”
Retention
Personal information as long as necessary for the purposes collected; index data retention is the customer's choice
“We retain personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which we collected it, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements, to establish or defend legal claims, or for fraud prevention purposes.”
Data residency
Headquartered in the United States; index region is selected by the customer at creation
Pinecone indexes are created in a chosen cloud and region, including EU regions.
“We are headquartered in the United States and may have service providers in other countries, and your personal information may be transferred to the United States or other locations outside of your state, province, or country where privacy laws may not be as protective as those in your state, province, or country.”
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 Vendors do not publish complete lists.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.pinecone.io | api | observed |
Assessment
Vector database: low
Reasoning: A managed vector database. Index contents are processed only on instruction under a DPA, and the region is chosen per index. The data in it is whatever the application embeds, so the exposure is the application's design, not Pinecone's terms.
Flags: Index contents governed by the DPA, not the public policy · Assessed 2026-09-16. The assessment is Unseen's; the terms above are the vendor's.
Changelog
- 2026-09-16Documented. Processor, retention and location terms verified against the Pinecone 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.