Anthropic states it does not sell your personal data as defined under privacy laws. You can opt out of having your data used to show you targeted ads for Anthropic's own products.
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The policy asserts that Anthropic does not sell personal data, which is a specific legal standard under CCPA and similar laws. However, the policy simultaneously discloses collection of advertising identifiers and provides a targeted advertising opt-out for Anthropic's own products, indicating some form of targeted advertising use for first-party promotion.
Interpretive note: The practical boundary between 'sale' and 'sharing for targeted advertising' under CPRA and equivalent state laws requires evaluation of actual data flows, which cannot be fully assessed from document text alone.
New explicit commitment not to sell personal data and new opt-out mechanism for targeted advertising, addressing emerging privacy law requirements.
View full change record →Anthropic states it does not sell personal data but does use personal data for targeted advertising of its own products and services; users can opt out of this use, and the opt-out mechanism details are referenced in the policy.
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"Sale & targeted Anthropic marketing of its products and services. Anthropic does not "sell" your personal data as that term is defined by applicable laws and regulations. You can opt-out of sharing your personal data for targeted advertising to promote our products and services.Excerpt from Anthropic's Privacy Policy (Superseded Capture)
(1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: This provision directly engages CCPA section 1798.120 (right to opt out of sale of personal information) and CPRA provisions on sharing personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising, enforced by the California Privacy …
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The policy asserts that Anthropic does not sell personal data, which is a specific legal standard under CCPA and similar laws. However, the policy simultaneously discloses collection of advertising identifiers and provides a targeted advertising opt-out for Anthropic's own products, indicating some form of targeted advertising use for first-party promotion.
Anthropic states it does not sell personal data but does use personal data for targeted advertising of its own products and services; users can opt out of this use, and the opt-out mechanism details are referenced in the policy.
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