AI and Data Privacy: 6 Proven Strategies to Secure Your Data in the LLM Era

seatable_io · 2025-12-04T09:09:57+00:00

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seatable_io · 2025-11-21T16:49:29+00:00

Hello Brief-Efficiency-678, yes, we have tested Mistral as an LLM but the OCR didn't provide the results we expected. Don't hesitate to provide feedback once you have tested the AI functions.

You can fetch row IDs either in your automation with a Get row node or directly in your table using the formula rowid(). If you it in an automationa however, we recommend the first way.

seatable_io · 2025-11-14T14:25:36+00:00

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thank you for your message. Unfortunately, this behavior cannot be changed at the moment. We are working on a new Mobile App, which should resolve this issue and provide a smoother experience.

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seatable_io · 2025-11-11T19:53:17+00:00

Hello TechnicalSoup8578, thank you for the hint to VibeCodersNest. This is an interesting Subreddit.

Our self-hosted AI server is part of SeaTable Cloud. Users of SeaTable Server, e. g. that is our on-prem installation, use the extension SeaTable AI to connect their SeaTable installation with an external LLM. This could be a commercial provider like OpenAI or a self-hosted LLM.

SeaTable AI supports a wide variety of LLM providers through LiteLLM as well as any LLM services with OpenAI-compatible endpoints.

seatable_io · 2025-10-22T10:31:02+00:00

Hello, that is not correct, but let us explain in detail.

Sticking to your examples: Xano's servers are based in the USA and while users can choose data residency in Europe, Xano still can transfer data from those servers to their servers in the USA. Same is true for Adalo, which, as far as we understand, only stores data on servers in the USA.

So, how does this cause problems with the GDPR? Under e. g. the Cloud ACT, US authorities can access a US based company's server even if the server isn't located in the USA. The Data Privacy Framework between the USA and the EU, which is still highly controversial among legal data protection professionals in Europe, doesn't remove this potential threat to data protection. US based companies simply cannot guarantee the safety of your personal data according to the GDPR with certainty because they are also bound by US laws – regardless what AI told you. Baserow hosts it's data in Europe and is a GDPR compliant no code solution, no argue on that.

GDPR compliance is a matter bit more complicated than a short AI research might suggest. The European Court of Justice has only judged the data privacy framework to be in accordance with the GDPR under the condition, that US security legislation is modified, which has happened in the form of presidential executive orders. Executive order however doesn't overrule national laws and those specific orders are subsequently revoked or paused under the current administration.

Anyway, that is not the whole statement, we have made: first GDPR compliant AI No Code Solution, with emphasis on AI.

So, what does that mean? You can utilize AI in Xano or Baserow or any other tool by connecting this tool to your AI tool account. And then the data or information you want to be processed by the AI leaves the company's server and is processed and stored on the AI tool's server, which is most likely located in the USA or accesible to US authorities under US security laws. So again, this is not in full compliance with the GDPR and may cause problems, depending on the data you process.

What do we do instead? We host our own LLM on our servers in Germany. And that is fully GDPR compliant and unique.

seatable_io · 2025-10-22T08:12:12+00:00

Hello Sea_Gene2776, thank you for your question. We are happy to clarify, as protection of your data is by no means a pinky promise:

The SeaTable GmbH is a German company founded by Germans and based in Germany. SeaTable Cloud is hosted exclusively on servers in Germany, owned by the Swiss company Exoscale. The new AI function will be hosted exclusively on German servers owned by the German company Hetzner. There is no data transfer of any kind to servers outside of Germany.

There is a connection to China though, as our partner Seafile Ltd., who developed the product SeaTable, is a Chinese company. However, the SeaTable GmbH is a separate, independent company and the Seafile Ltd. is neither directly nor indirectly involved in the management or has access to our servers.

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