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Two platforms.
Same questions.
Luminance
ENTERPRISE SEARCH / PRODUCTIVITY
PROMPT
Law firm and enterprise customers own all legal documents processed by Luminance. Luminance AI processes documents for due diligence and contract review.
OUTPUT
Customers own all AI-generated legal analyses, extractions, and review outputs. Luminance does not assert IP over outputs.
TRAINING
Luminance's public-facing privacy policy states it retains 'results, learning and tagging data from the usage of our tools and/or products for the purposes of improving the tools and/or product, provided no Personal Data is contained in the retained data.' This indicates anonymized learning/tagging data from document processing is retained for product improvement. Enterprise customers' data processing is governed by separate contracts not reviewed.
COMMERCIAL
Commercial use is fully permitted for legal practice and enterprise legal departments.
94 verified findings across the displayed surfaces.
Perplexity AI
ENTERPRISE SEARCH / PRODUCTIVITY
PROMPT
Users retain ownership of their queries and uploaded content per Perplexity's Terms.
OUTPUT
Perplexity does not claim ownership of AI-generated answers. Output IP status is not explicitly addressed.
TRAINING
Privacy Policy (effective February 5, 2026) states Perplexity uses data 'to improve the Services (including our AI models).' Opt-out is explicitly available in settings. Email/calendar integration data is explicitly excluded from AI training: 'we do not use or disclose Email Service Information to create, train, improve or fine-tune AI models.'
COMMERCIAL
Commercial use governed by plan tier. API use is explicitly commercial-use-permitted.
118 verified findings across the displayed surfaces.
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AIRIN SUMMARY
Luminance carries highly permissive license terms; Perplexity AI carries highly permissive license terms.FOR ENTERPRISE: LUMINANCE NOT RECOMMENDED · PERPLEXITY AI NOT RECOMMENDED
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⚡ INTERACTIVE RISK COMPARISON HEATMAP
| RISK SURFACE | LUMINANCE | PERPLEXITY AI |
|---|---|---|
| PPrompt Ownership | ||
| OOutput Ownership | ||
| TModel Training | ||
| CCommercial Use | ||
| DData Privacy | ||
| $Tier Differences |
* Click any cell in the heatmap matrix to scroll directly to its verbatim policy citations below.
📂 Intellectual Property & Model Training
P
SURFACE 01
Prompt Ownership
Luminance
HIGH
Law firm and enterprise customers own all legal documents processed by Luminance. Luminance AI processes documents for due diligence and contract review.
No citation available
Perplexity AI
MEDHIGH
Users retain ownership of their queries and uploaded content per Perplexity's Terms.
“- Your input and output, such as questions, prompts and other content that you input, upload or submit to the Services, and the output that you create, and any collections or pages that you generate using the Services (“ **Service Interaction Information**”). Service Interaction…”
O
SURFACE 02
Output Ownership
Luminance
HIGH
Customers own all AI-generated legal analyses, extractions, and review outputs. Luminance does not assert IP over outputs.
No citation available
Perplexity AI
HIGH
Perplexity does not claim ownership of AI-generated answers. Output IP status is not explicitly addressed.
No citation available
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SURFACE 03
Model Training
Luminance
MEDHIGH
Luminance's public-facing privacy policy states it retains 'results, learning and tagging data from the usage of our tools and/or products for the purposes of improving the tools and/or product, provided no Personal Data is contained in the retained data.' This indicates anonymized learning/tagging data from document processing is retained for product improvement. Enterprise customers' data processing is governed by separate contracts not reviewed.
“ The retention of results, learning and tagging data from the usage of our tools and/or products for the purposes of improving the tools and/ product, provided no Personal Data is contained in the retained data ”
Perplexity AI
LOW⚠ CAUTIONHIGH
Privacy Policy (effective February 5, 2026) states Perplexity uses data 'to improve the Services (including our AI models).' Opt-out is explicitly available in settings. Email/calendar integration data is explicitly excluded from AI training: 'we do not use or disclose Email Service Information to create, train, improve or fine-tune AI models.'
“You may also have the ability to sync your third party email account or calendar (such as Gmail and Google Calendar) with the Services. If you choose to sync these accounts, we will have access to your contacts and information from the email messages and calendar appointments in…”
C
SURFACE 04
Commercial Use
Luminance
HIGH
Commercial use is fully permitted for legal practice and enterprise legal departments.
No citation available
Perplexity AI
HIGH
Commercial use governed by plan tier. API use is explicitly commercial-use-permitted.
No citation available
📂 Data Privacy & Governance
D
SURFACE 05
Data Privacy
Luminance
MED⚠ CAUTIONHIGH
Enterprise customers: data processing governed by separate Luminance customer agreement, not the public privacy policy. Public privacy policy covers website visitors and prospective customers only.
“If you are making a job application or inquiry, you may provide us with a copy of your CV or other relevant information. We may use this information for the purpose of considering your application or inquiry. Except when you explicitly request otherwise, we may keep this informat…”
CV and job application data may be retained indefinitely for 'future reference' unless the applicant explicitly requests otherwise. No retention period is specified.
Perplexity AI
MED⚠ CAUTIONHIGH
Standard plan: personal, non-commercial use only. Enterprise terms at perplexity.ai/hub/legal/enterprise-terms-of-service. Email/calendar integration data explicitly excluded from AI model training.
“We retain your information for as long as is reasonably necessary for the purposes specified in this Privacy Policy. When determining the length of time to retain your information, we consider various criteria, including whether we need the information to continue to provide you…”
No fixed retention schedules are provided; retention is effectively open-ended tied to broad business purposes.
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SURFACE 06
Tier Differences
Luminance
HIGH
Enterprise customers: data processing governed by separate Luminance customer agreement, not the public privacy policy. Public privacy policy covers website visitors and prospective customers only.
No citation available
Perplexity AI
LOWHIGH
Standard plan: personal, non-commercial use only. Enterprise terms at perplexity.ai/hub/legal/enterprise-terms-of-service. Email/calendar integration data explicitly excluded from AI model training.
“ This Privacy Policy describes how Perplexity AI, Inc. (“ we ”, “ us ,” “ our ”) collects, uses and discloses information about individuals who use our websites ( www.perplexity.ai and https://labs.perplexity.ai ) to access the free version of our product or Perplexity Pro or Per…”