Backfrom Ollama’s own policies · verified 2026-09-02
Ollama: data residency & retention
Headquarters
🇺🇸 United States (US)
Where inference runs
Not disclosed
Privacy policy says only 'Data may be transferred to and processed in the United States'; no specific cloud inference datacenter regions are disclosed for the ollama.com cloud service.
Region pinning
Not disclosed
No user-controlled residency or region-pinning options mentioned for cloud processing.
Prompt retention
Not retained
Cloud-hosted models: 'we process this content transiently to provide the Service and this content is not stored beyond the time required to fulfill the request', with 'technical measures designed to minimize retention of prompt and response content.'
Trains on API data
No
'We do not use your inputs or outputs to train any AI models or request prompt or response content in support requests.'
Zero data retention
Available
Transient, no-storage processing is the stated default for cloud inference (not an opt-in tier).
Compiled from Ollama’s published privacy policy, terms, and documentation on 2026-09-02. “Not disclosed” means Ollama publishes nothing on the point. Policies change without notice, so verify against the sources above before relying on this for compliance decisions.