[GH-ISSUE #11442] Ollama's privacy policy #7555

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opened 2026-04-12 19:39:17 -05:00 by GiteaMirror · 5 comments
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Originally created by @Christian24 on GitHub (Jul 16, 2025).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/ollama/ollama/issues/11442

Hello everyone,

Thanks for developing Ollama. We are currently evaluating using Ollama in our company and I cannot seem to find the privacy policy. Can you please point me to it?

Thank you very much,
Christian

Originally created by @Christian24 on GitHub (Jul 16, 2025). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/ollama/ollama/issues/11442 Hello everyone, Thanks for developing Ollama. We are currently evaluating using Ollama in our company and I cannot seem to find the privacy policy. Can you please point me to it? Thank you very much, Christian
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<!-- gh-comment-id:3089315011 --> @rick-github commented on GitHub (Jul 18, 2025): https://github.com/ollama/ollama/blob/main/docs/faq.md#does-ollama-send-my-prompts-and-answers-back-to-ollamacom
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@Christian24 commented on GitHub (Jul 18, 2025):

@rick-github Thank you. So there is no telemetry or anything like that?

<!-- gh-comment-id:3089344335 --> @Christian24 commented on GitHub (Jul 18, 2025): @rick-github Thank you. So there is no telemetry or anything like that?
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@rick-github commented on GitHub (Jul 18, 2025):

No telemetry, Ollama is fully local. If you are using a service/ project that wraps an Ollama server then there might be some telemetry, but that's a question for the other service.

<!-- gh-comment-id:3089370290 --> @rick-github commented on GitHub (Jul 18, 2025): No telemetry, Ollama is fully local. If you are using a service/ project that wraps an Ollama server then there might be some telemetry, but that's a question for the other service.
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@rick-github commented on GitHub (Jul 18, 2025):

As an addendum, Ollama will make external connections to download a model if asked to. An Ollama server can be fully air gapped without affecting performance, the model would just need to be manually copied into the model directory.

<!-- gh-comment-id:3089381499 --> @rick-github commented on GitHub (Jul 18, 2025): As an addendum, Ollama will make external connections to download a model if asked to. An Ollama server can be fully air gapped without affecting performance, the model would just need to be manually copied into the model directory.
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@Christian24 commented on GitHub (Jul 18, 2025):

Thank you very much. That answers my questions, however, maybe it makes sense to add this information somewhere for other people?

<!-- gh-comment-id:3089426868 --> @Christian24 commented on GitHub (Jul 18, 2025): Thank you very much. That answers my questions, however, maybe it makes sense to add this information somewhere for other people?
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Reference: github-starred/ollama#7555