Is QuickBooks AI (Intuit Assist) safe for business data?
Intuit’s privacy statement says it may use your information to train its AI and machine learning models, and the QuickBooks terms say what you type to its AI assistants may be used to improve them; the pages we read describe no setting to turn this off.
Training, plan by plan
- Used for training: QuickBooks Online accounts: used, with no opt-out described.
What it does with your data
| Question | QuickBooks Online accounts |
|---|---|
| Trains on your data by default? | Yes. Intuit’s privacy statement says it may use personal information to train its AI and machine learning models, and the QuickBooks terms say content you give its AI assistants may be used to improve them. The pages we read describe no opt-out for this. Read on October 23, 2026 · source: intuit.com |
| How long chats are kept | As long as Intuit needs it. Intuit says it keeps personal information as long as needed to meet its retention requirements, provide its services, and run its business, and it may keep some even after a deletion request. Read on October 23, 2026 · source: intuit.com |
| Who can read them | Your team, under the access rights the owner or admin sets. Intuit also says that when you use its AI chat and digital assistants, it may process your information by automated and manual, human, methods. Read on October 23, 2026 · source: intuit.com |
| Where data is stored | In the United States and other countries. Intuit says U.S. tax return information is stored in the United States, and that it may store and process other personal information in any country where it or its service providers operate. Read on October 23, 2026 · source: intuit.com |
| How to delete | Ask Intuit to delete your personal information through your account settings or the Intuit Privacy Center, or by phone. Intuit may keep some data where the law or its business needs require. Read on October 23, 2026 · source: intuit.com |
How to turn training off
- Give each person their own QuickBooks login with only the access rights they need. The business owner or an admin controls these rights. Source: intuit.com
- Do not type customer details into AI chats that the task does not need. The QuickBooks terms say what you give its AI assistants may be used to improve them. Source: intuit.com
- To ask Intuit to delete personal information, use your account settings or the Intuit Privacy Center. Source: intuit.com
Safer setup for a small team
Keep the books in QuickBooks, but do not paste extra customer details, such as notes or ID numbers, into QuickBooks AI chats. Give staff only the QuickBooks access their job needs.
Plan to approve: Your company QuickBooks Online account
Setting to check: Per-person logins with limited access
A line for your AI policy: Staff use QuickBooks AI only for bookkeeping tasks inside our company QuickBooks account. Customer details beyond what the task needs stay out of AI chats.
Want this in your team’s AI policy? The SafeStart kit, a plain-English AI policy and training for small teams, is coming soon.
Questions about your own setup? Write to hello@terrapilgrim.org.
What changed
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Sources (2)
- intuit.com/legal/terms/en-us/quickbooks/online/ · read on October 23, 2026
“Any Content you provide to Digital Assistants may be used to provide more personalized responses and improve our Platform, Digital Assistants, and related technology.”
- intuit.com/privacy/statement/ · read on October 23, 2026
“we retain your personal information as long as it is necessary to comply with our data retention requirements and provide you with services and the benefits of the Intuit Platform and successfully run our business”
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