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Anthropic
Updated Feb 25, 2026
Cloud & Infrastructure

Claude is an AI assistant developed by Anthropic that helps businesses, nonprofits, and individuals with tasks including coding, content creation, analysis, and automation of business workflows through both a web interface (Claude.ai) and API access.

Privacy Documents

The verdict
Straight answers to the questions people ask most, from what the policy discloses.

Trains AI on your data?

Yes

Some data is used even if you opt out.

Sells your data?

No

Can you delete your data?

Yes

Safe for work?

No

Trains on some data even if you opt out.

Your controls
What you can do right now, from the choices the policy discloses.
  • Turn off AI training in settings

  • Opt out of targeted ads

  • Request deletion of your data

    region-dependent
  • Request access to your data

    region-dependent
  • Correct your data

    region-dependent
  • Export your data

    region-dependent
  • Signal your choice with Do-Not-Track / GPC

Where your data goes
Who the policy permits your data to reach.

Recipient categories

Affiliates & corporate group
Service providers
Business partners
Other third parties
Law enforcement & government

Named in the policy

Bae, Kim & Lee LLC

Purposes

Legal compliance

Disclosed sharing practices

  • Shares your data with third parties

    unless disabled in settingsregion-dependent

    Policy states both disclosure to and receipt from listed third-party categories.

    Yes
  • Transfers your data in a merger or acquisition

    Applies in merger, corporate transaction, bankruptcy, or other transfer of business assets.

    Yes
  • Discloses your data to law enforcement

    Also covers government authorities and other third parties for legal compliance, safety, fraud, and enforcement.

    Yes
  • Sells your personal data

    Explicitly says it does not sell personal data as defined by law.

  • Lets third parties track you on its service

    Service providers use cookies or similar technologies on the service.

    Yes
What happens to your data
What this service's policy discloses about its data practices, as of Jul 8, 2026.

Reassuring

Worth noting

Tracks you with cookies or similar tech
Trains AI models on your data
Trains AI on some data even if you opt out
AI & training
3
  • Trains AI models on your data

    unless disabled in settings

    Inputs and Outputs are used to train and improve Anthropic AI models by default.

    Yes
  • Trains AI on some data even if you opt out

    Opt-out does not apply to safety review or explicitly reported materials.

    Yes
  • Makes automated decisions about you

    Denies solely automated decision-making or profiling with legal or similarly significant effects.

Collected & used
7
  • Collects personal data

    region-dependent

    Includes data users provide directly, technical data, and training-related data from third-party sources.

    Yes
  • Tracks you with cookies or similar tech

    Cookies are used by Anthropic and its service providers for recognition, personalization, marketing, and analysis.

    Yes
  • Uses your data for analytics

    Cookies are used to analyze service use and improve safety and usefulness.

    Yes
  • Uses your data for advertising

    Includes tailored recommendations and direct marketing communications.

    Yes
  • Combines your data across sources

    Study participation data may be combined with other account data.

    Yes
  • Uses your data to personalize the service

    Includes tailored recommendations and customization of user experience.

    Yes
  • Collects personal data

    The terms mention account, billing, and payment information, but collection details are deferred to the Privacy Policy.

    Yes
Your controls & rights
8
  • Lets you access your data

    region-dependent

    Stated in the Brazil supplemental disclosures.

  • Lets you delete your data

    region-dependent

    Also lets users delete individual conversations.

  • Lets you correct your data

    region-dependent

    Stated in the Brazil supplemental disclosures.

  • Lets you opt out of targeted ads

    Opt-out applies to sharing personal data for targeted advertising promoting its products and services.

  • Honors Do-Not-Track / Global Privacy Control signals

    Commits to honoring global privacy controls.

  • Lets you turn off AI training in settings

    Applies to Inputs and Outputs used for training.

  • Lets you export your data

    region-dependent

    Portability right applies only in certain cases and subject to law.

    Partial
  • Lets you delete your data

    Deletion is at Anthropic's option upon termination, not framed as a user right.

    Partial
Kept & secured
10
  • Collects data from children

    States services are not directed to children under 18 and they do not knowingly collect such data.

  • Keeps your data for a stated period

    Retention: The period necessary to process your request
    region-dependent

    Applies to data entrusted to the domestic representative.

    Yes
  • Transfers your data to other countries

    region-dependent

    Transfers personal data to US servers and other countries outside the EEA and UK.

    Yes
  • Uses security measures to protect your data

    States technical and organizational measures are used.

  • Notifies you of privacy policy changes

    Notification is for material changes, as appropriate.

  • Anonymizes or aggregates your data

    region-dependent

    Uses aggregation and de-identification for analytics, research, user behavior study, and AI training.

  • Grants region-specific privacy rights

    region-dependent

    Rights depend on country of residence and applicable law.

  • Retains your data

    region-dependent

    Retention is tied to necessity and criteria in the policy and privacy center.

    Yes
  • Keeps some data after you delete your account

    region-dependent

    Retention may continue despite deletion or anonymization requests for legal and similar obligations.

    Yes
  • Uses security measures to protect your data

    Framed as protective measures against unauthorized access and service abuse.

Legal & dispute terms
1
  • Can change the terms at any time

    Expressly reserves the right to modify the services at any time without notice.

    Yes