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“Depending on the permissions you grant Claude, some Outputs may result in actions with effects outside the Services, such as sending communications, modifying files, or interacting with third-party services on your behalf.”
“Anthropic does not control, and is not responsible for, the data practices of Third-Party Services.”
“If you choose to do so, data we will collect includes...an image of your government-issued identity document...your image in photo or video form, facial geometry templates (which may be considered 'biometric data' in some jurisdictions)”
“If you become aware that a child under the age of 18 has provided any personal data to us while using our Services, please email us at privacy@anthropic.com and we will investigate the matter and, if appropriate, delete the personal data.”
“We have measures in place to detect and remove children from our Services.”
“We may share personal data with government authorities, law enforcement, or other third parties where...we have a good-faith belief that disclosure is reasonably necessary to (i) comply with applicable law...”
This document explains how Anthropic collects, uses, and shares your personal information when you use its Services. By default, Anthropic uses your conversations with Claude to train its AI—you can turn this off in your account settings, though safety-flagged or self-reported content can still be used. If you give Claude permission to act on your behalf (such as sending messages or accessing other services), your data may be sent to those outside services, and Anthropic is not responsible for how those services handle your data.
This privacy policy establishes Anthropic's data collection practices, usage rights, sharing permissions, and user controls with respect to personal data processed through its Services. Anthropic collects biometric data—including government-issued identity document images, photos or videos, and facial geometry templates—for identity verification. By default, Anthropic may use user Inputs and Outputs to train and improve its AI models, subject to a user-exercisable opt-out through account settings; that opt-out is overridden when content is flagged for safety review or explicitly reported by the user. Anthropic may share personal data with government authorities and law enforcement on a good-faith belief of legal necessity, and may transmit user Inputs, Outputs, and instructions to Third-Party Services to perform agentic actions on the user's behalf, while explicitly disclaiming responsibility for those services' data practices. Anthropic states it does not engage in consequential automated decision-making based solely on automated processing or profiling.
As a user, your conversation data—including your inputs and Claude's responses—is used by default to train Anthropic's AI models. You can stop this by opting out through your account settings, though content flagged for safety review or content you yourself report to Anthropic remains subject to use for model improvement regardless of your opt-out. Anthropic also collects biometric data including facial geometry templates when you verify your identity. If you grant Claude permissions to act outside the platform—such as sending communications or interacting with third-party services—your inputs, outputs, and instructions may be transmitted to those third parties, and Anthropic does not control or take responsibility for how those third parties handle your data. The concrete action available to you is: opt out of model training through your account settings.
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5 versions captured · Latest change detected by ConductAtlas: September 2026
We withheld clauses we had published from this document. Each withholding is recorded in our correction log:
“Depending on the permissions you grant Claude, some Outputs may result in actions with effects outside the Services, such as sending communications, modifying files, or interacting with third-party services on your behalf.”
“Anthropic does not control, and is not responsible for, the data practices of Third-Party Services.”
“If you choose to do so, data we will collect includes...an image of your government-issued identity document...your image in photo or video form, facial geometry templates (which may be considered 'biometric data' in some jurisdictions)”
“If you become aware that a child under the age of 18 has provided any personal data to us while using our Services, please email us at privacy@anthropic.com and we will investigate the matter and, if appropriate, delete the personal …”
“We have measures in place to detect and remove children from our Services.”
“We may share personal data with government authorities, law enforcement, or other third parties where...we have a good-faith belief that disclosure is reasonably necessary to (i) comply with applicable law...”
“Claude may send your Inputs, Outputs, and instructions to Third-Party Services to perform actions on your behalf (such as reading files, sending messages, or retrieving information).”
“We may use your Inputs and Outputs to train and improve Anthropic AI models, unless you opt out through your account settings.”
“Even if you opt-out, we will use Inputs and Outputs for model improvement when: (i) your conversations are flagged for safety review...or (ii) you've explicitly reported the materials to us”
“We may use your Inputs and Outputs to train and improve Anthropic AI models, unless you opt out through your account settings.”
“If our systems flag Inputs or Outputs for harmful content...we disassociate the content from your user ID...However, we may re-identify the Inputs or Outputs to enforce our Terms of Service or Usage Policy with the responsible user if necessary.”
“Anthropic does not engage in decision making based solely on automated processing or profiling in a manner which produces a legal effect...or significantly affects you in a similar way...”
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