# What the iRobot Roomba j7 knows about you

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## On-device processing

Camera-based object recognition and navigation run entirely on the robot. No camera images are sent to the cloud.

- Posture: Verified
- As of: 2026-06-12
- Source: primary source (https://homesupport.irobot.com/articles/en_US/Knowledge/30708)

## Cloud upload

Your home's floorplan map is sent to iRobot's cloud by default. You must go into app settings to opt out of map transmission.

- Posture: Verified
- As of: 2024-11-06
- Source: primary source (https://www.irobot.com/en_US/legal/privacy-policy.html)

## Location tracking

Collects the GPS coordinates of the location where you use your device.

- Posture: Verified
- As of: 2024-11-06
- Source: primary source (https://www.irobot.com/en_US/legal/privacy-policy.html)

## Data sale

iRobot will never sell your personal information.

- Posture: Verified
- As of: 2024-11-06
- Source: primary source (https://www.irobot.com/en_US/legal/privacy-policy.html)

## Third-party sharing

Shares your data with integrations you connect yourself, like Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant.

- Posture: Verified
- As of: 2024-11-06
- Source: primary source (https://www.irobot.com/en_US/legal/privacy-policy.html)

## Data retention

Data is kept only as long as needed. If your robot has not been used in over a year, dormant data may be periodically deleted. Anonymized data may be kept longer for product development.

- Posture: Verified
- As of: 2024-11-06
- Source: primary source (https://www.irobot.com/en_US/legal/privacy-policy.html)

## Data deletion control

You can request account deletion through the app (Account, Your Name, menu, Request to delete account) or the website. Deletion also removes any previously shared Clean Map Report data.

- Posture: Verified
- As of: 2024-11-06
- Source: primary source (https://www.irobot.com/en_US/legal/privacy-policy.html)

## Bystander recording

iRobot detects where people are located while operating to avoid disrupting them, but the policy does not address protections for guests or bystanders who may be detected or captured by camera-equipped models.

- Posture: Verified
- As of: 2024-11-06
- Source: primary source (https://www.irobot.com/en_US/legal/privacy-policy.html)

## Training data use

iRobot uses camera images to train obstacle detection AI. Over 95 percent of training images come from real homes of employees or volunteers. More than 2 million images have been shared with outside annotation companies including Scale AI where human contractors labeled objects.

- Posture: Verified
- As of: 2024-11-06
- Source: primary source (https://www.irobot.com/en_US/legal/privacy-policy.html)

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