Does Fathom train AI on your data?
Yes, unless you opt out
“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. You can opt out from this use of your data in your account settings.”
From Fathom's privacy policy , checked Oct 28, 2026. In Meeting Notes, 4 of 8 tools whose policies answer this say they don't train on customer content.
The rest of the data policy
Data retention
Kept until account deletion; deletion efforts within 30 days of request
“we will use commercially reasonable efforts to delete your recordings and personal information within 30 days of your account deletion request”
Where data is stored
Not stated
Security and compliance
Similar tools that say they don't train on your data
Fireflies.ai“We do not use personal information for AI model training and we contractually prohibit our vendors from using this information for their own model training.”
Jamie“No. Your meeting data is never used to train AI models, not by Jamie and not by any of our model providers.”
Tactiq“Azure OpenAI will not use data submitted via their API to train or improve their models.”
Meetily“Does Meetily use my data for training AI models? No, never.”
Gong“trust that your data is never used to train generative models”
Fathom and your data: common questions
Does Fathom use my data to train AI?
Yes, unless you opt out. Fathom's policy says: "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. You can opt out from this use of your data in your account settings." (checked Oct 28, 2026).
Can I stop Fathom from training on my content?
The policy describes a way to opt out; the wording above says where. Plans for businesses often have different defaults, so check the terms of the plan you're on.
How long does Fathom keep my data?
Kept until account deletion; deletion efforts within 30 days of request. The policy says: "we will use commercially reasonable efforts to delete your recordings and personal information within 30 days of your account deletion request"
What security certifications does Fathom have?
Its security pages list SOC 2 Type II, GDPR, HIPAA.
Which meeting notes tools don't train on your data?
Among the closest alternatives, Fireflies.ai, Jamie, Tactiq, Meetily, Gong say in their policies that they don't use customer content for training.
Business plans often carry different terms than free and individual plans. We record what the public policy says; the quote shows which plan it covers. See Fathom's full profile or how other AI tools compare.