8 Total
1 High severity
7 Medium severity
0 Low severity
Summary

This is Anthropic's consumer terms of service governing your use of Claude.ai and Claude Pro. By default, conversations you have with Claude may be used to train Anthropic's AI models; you can opt out of this in your account settings, but conversations you rate with thumbs up or down, or those flagged for safety review, may still be used for training even after opting out. US users who have disputes with Anthropic are required to resolve them through individual arbitration rather than court proceedings, waiving the right to participate in class action lawsuits.

Technical / Legal Breakdown

This document governs individual consumer use of Claude.ai, Claude Pro, and associated Anthropic products and services, establishing a contractual relationship between users and Anthropic, PBC, and explicitly excluding API and commercial console use which falls under separate Commercial Terms. The agreement states that Anthropic may use user inputs and outputs (collectively 'Materials') to train its models unless users opt out via account settings, with the terms authorizing continued training use of Materials flagged for safety review or submitted as feedback regardless of opt-out status; the agreement also assigns Anthropic-held output rights to users subject to compliance, while users retain rights in their inputs. The feedback provision states that users who rate outputs grant Anthropic unconditional use of the associated conversation without compensation, and the terms authorize Anthropic to unilaterally modify the agreement with 30 days notice, with continued use constituting acceptance; the limitation of liability clause caps Anthropic's liability at the greater of fees paid in the prior 12 months or $100, which may face scrutiny under certain consumer protection regimes. The agreement engages GDPR and UK GDPR for EU and UK users, CCPA for California residents, COPPA indirectly through an 18-plus minimum age requirement, and the EU AI Act given the AI system context; mandatory arbitration with class action waiver for US users, governed by California law, creates distinct dispute resolution implications that may require evaluation under applicable consumer protection frameworks in the EU, UK, and other jurisdictions where mandatory arbitration clauses face enforceability constraints.

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Mapped Governance Frameworks

BIPA
Illinois, USA
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CCPA/CPRA
California, USA
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Connecticut Data Privacy Act Amendments
US-CT
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CAN-SPAM
United States Federal
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DMCA
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FTC Act Section 5
United States Federal
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GDPR
European Union
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Indiana Consumer Data Protection Act
US-IN
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Kentucky Consumer Data Protection Act
US-KY
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UK GDPR
United Kingdom
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Universal Opt-Out Mechanism Expansion 2026
US
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