diff --git a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Assistants/ERI/AllowedLLMProviders.cs b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Assistants/ERI/AllowedLLMProviders.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7bc8f0d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Assistants/ERI/AllowedLLMProviders.cs	
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+namespace AIStudio.Assistants.ERI;
+
+public enum AllowedLLMProviders
+{
+    NONE,
+    
+    ANY,
+    SELF_HOSTED,
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Assistants/ERI/AllowedLLMProvidersExtensions.cs b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Assistants/ERI/AllowedLLMProvidersExtensions.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a0066d99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Assistants/ERI/AllowedLLMProvidersExtensions.cs	
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+namespace AIStudio.Assistants.ERI;
+
+public static class AllowedLLMProvidersExtensions
+{
+    public static string Name(this AllowedLLMProviders provider)
+    {
+        return provider switch
+        {
+            AllowedLLMProviders.NONE => "Please select what kind of LLM provider are allowed for this data source",
+            AllowedLLMProviders.ANY => "Any LLM provider is allowed: users might choose a cloud-based or a self-hosted provider",
+            AllowedLLMProviders.SELF_HOSTED => "Self-hosted LLM providers are allowed: users cannot choose any cloud-based provider",
+            
+            _ => "Unknown option was selected"
+        };
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Assistants/ERI/AssistantERI.razor b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Assistants/ERI/AssistantERI.razor
index 84bf6e8c..875b6823 100644
--- a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Assistants/ERI/AssistantERI.razor	
+++ b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Assistants/ERI/AssistantERI.razor	
@@ -123,6 +123,17 @@
     </MudSelect>
 }
 
+<MudText Typo="Typo.h4" Class="mt-6 mb-3">
+    Data protection settings
+</MudText>
+
+<MudSelect T="AllowedLLMProviders" @bind-Value="@this.allowedLLMProviders" Label="Allowed LLM providers for this data source" Variant="Variant.Outlined" Margin="Margin.Dense" Validation="@this.ValidateAllowedLLMProviders" Class="mb-1">
+    @foreach (var option in Enum.GetValues<AllowedLLMProviders>())
+    {
+        <MudSelectItem Value="@option">@option.Name()</MudSelectItem>
+    }
+</MudSelect>
+
 <MudText Typo="Typo.h4" Class="mt-6 mb-1">
     Data retrieval settings
 </MudText>
diff --git a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Assistants/ERI/AssistantERI.razor.cs b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Assistants/ERI/AssistantERI.razor.cs
index 1f971234..1b0ff5a3 100644
--- a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Assistants/ERI/AssistantERI.razor.cs	
+++ b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Assistants/ERI/AssistantERI.razor.cs	
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ public partial class AssistantERI : AssistantBaseCore
             this.selectedAuthenticationMethods = [];
             this.authDescription = string.Empty;
             this.selectedOperatingSystem = OperatingSystem.NONE;
+            this.allowedLLMProviders = AllowedLLMProviders.NONE;
             this.retrievalDescription = string.Empty;
             this.additionalLibraries = string.Empty;
         }
@@ -80,6 +81,7 @@ public partial class AssistantERI : AssistantBaseCore
             
             this.authDescription = this.SettingsManager.ConfigurationData.ERI.PreselectedAuthDescription;
             this.selectedOperatingSystem = this.SettingsManager.ConfigurationData.ERI.PreselectedOperatingSystem;
+            this.allowedLLMProviders = this.SettingsManager.ConfigurationData.ERI.PreselectedAllowedLLMProviders;
             this.retrievalDescription = this.SettingsManager.ConfigurationData.ERI.PreselectedRetrievalDescription;
             this.additionalLibraries = this.SettingsManager.ConfigurationData.ERI.PreselectedAdditionalLibraries;
             return true;
@@ -101,6 +103,7 @@ public partial class AssistantERI : AssistantBaseCore
     private IEnumerable<Auth> selectedAuthenticationMethods = new HashSet<Auth>();
     private string authDescription = string.Empty;
     private OperatingSystem selectedOperatingSystem = OperatingSystem.NONE;
+    private AllowedLLMProviders allowedLLMProviders = AllowedLLMProviders.NONE;
     private string retrievalDescription = string.Empty;
     private string additionalLibraries = string.Empty;
     
@@ -284,6 +287,14 @@ public partial class AssistantERI : AssistantBaseCore
         return null;
     }
     
+    private string? ValidateAllowedLLMProviders(AllowedLLMProviders provider)
+    {
+        if(provider == AllowedLLMProviders.NONE)
+            return "Please select which types of LLMs users are allowed to use with the data from this ERI server.";
+        
+        return null;
+    }
+    
     private string AuthDescriptionTitle()
     {
         const string TITLE = "Describe how you planned the authentication process";
diff --git a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Settings/DataModel/DataERI.cs b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Settings/DataModel/DataERI.cs
index 3a10c6cd..64e835f5 100644
--- a/app/MindWork AI Studio/Settings/DataModel/DataERI.cs	
+++ b/app/MindWork AI Studio/Settings/DataModel/DataERI.cs	
@@ -77,6 +77,11 @@ public sealed class DataERI
     /// </summary>
     public OperatingSystem PreselectedOperatingSystem { get; set; } = OperatingSystem.NONE;
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Do you want to preselect which LLM providers are allowed?
+    /// </summary>
+    public AllowedLLMProviders PreselectedAllowedLLMProviders { get; set; } = AllowedLLMProviders.NONE;
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Do you want to preselect a retrieval description?
     /// </summary>