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This provision establishes operational boundaries for permitted API applications by categorically excluding uses involving unauthorized collection or processing of sensitive personal data categories. The clause functions as a use restriction that applies across all API interactions.
Defense contractors and federal agencies using Claude must find alternatives. Enterprise customers with defense-adjacent business face compliance risk.
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This provision establishes operational boundaries for permitted API applications by categorically excluding uses involving unauthorized collection or processing of sensitive personal data categories. The clause functions as a use restriction that applies across all API interactions.
Users operating under these terms are prohibited from building or deploying applications that collect, solicit, or access biometric, neural, health, or other sensitive private information without authorization. Violation of this restriction constitutes breach of the usage policy.
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