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Is HeyGen safe for work?

Medium risk · 28

HeyGen · Video · facts (high-confidence)

HeyGen is medium-risk for default at-work use (28/100): it trains on your data unless you opt out, and holds SOC 2 Type II.

Watch out: HeyGen holds SOC 2 Type II and stays US only. On consumer plans HeyGen may use your inputs to improve its models unless you email to opt out, and there is no BAA, so keep PHI out of it.

Data and compliance facts

Trains on consumer-tier data
Opt-out
Trains on business-tier data
No
Training opt-out available
Yes
SOC 2 Type II
Yes
ISO 27001
Unverified
ISO 42001 (AI management)
Unverified
GDPR Data Processing Addendum
Yes
HIPAA BAA
Unverified
EU data residency
No
SSO / SAML
Yes
Data retention
After account deletion, data is kept in backups about 30 days then permanently erased; Enterprise customer data deleted within 60 days of termination.
Safer tier
Enterprise (excluded from training, DPA, SSO and SCIM, contractual deletion terms)

Why it scores 28 out of 100

  • +18Trains on your data. Training is on by default on the consumer tier; you must find and set the opt-out.
  • +10EU data residency. Whether data can be kept in the EU.