Every time you use Claude or visit Anthropic's website, your approximate location (from your IP address), device type, browser, and unique device identifiers are automatically collected without any action on your part.
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This provision establishes the scope of technical data collection that occurs automatically during service access and use. The authorization is conditioned on device or browser permissions, which means the collection mechanism operates within the permission framework users have already established at the operating system or browser level.
Anthropic automatically collects your device advertising identifiers, probabilistic identifiers, IP-derived location, and browsing history within its services every time you use Claude, building a technical profile of your usage patterns that persists across sessions regardless of whether you are logged in.
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We rely on our legitimate interests or those of a third party where they are not outweighed by your interests and fundamental rights, to process the following information: Contact Information, Identity Information, User-Generated Content Information, Booking Information, Job Applicant Information – ...
We automatically collect certain information from your device, including information about your web browser, IP address, time zone, and some of the cookies that are installed on your device. Additionally, as you browse the Service, we collect information about the individual web pages or products th...
Location data. Data about your device's location, which can be either precise or imprecise. For example, we collect location data using Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) (e.g., GPS) and data about nearby cell towers and Wi-Fi hotspots. Location can also be inferred from a device's IP address...
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"Device and Connection Information. Consistent with your device or browser permissions, your device or browser automatically sends us information about when and how you install, access, or use our Services. This includes information such as your device type, operating system information, browser information and web page referers, mobile network, connection information, mobile operator or internet service provider (ISP), time zone setting, IP address (including information about the location of the device derived from your IP address), identifiers (including device or advertising identifiers, probabilistic identifiers, and other unique personal or online identifiers), and device location.— Excerpt from Anthropic's Anthropic Privacy Policy
1. REGULATORY FRAMEWORK: GDPR Art. 6(1)(f) (legitimate interests) is the likely basis for technical data collection; Art. 25 (data protection by design) requires minimisation of identifiers collected. The EU ePrivacy Directive (2002/58/EC, as amended) governs cookie and device identifier collection in the EU/EEA. CCPA §1798.140(o) defines 'personal information' broadly to include device identifiers and IP addresses. Illinois BIPA (740 ILCS 14) could be implicated if biometric-adjacent identifiers are collected. FTC Act Section 5 standards on unfair/deceptive tracking apply. The collection of advertising identifiers specifically implicates Google and Apple platform policies on tracking. 2.
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This provision establishes the scope of technical data collection that occurs automatically during service access and use. The authorization is conditioned on device or browser permissions, which means the collection mechanism operates within the permission framework users have already established at the operating system or browser level.
Anthropic automatically collects your device advertising identifiers, probabilistic identifiers, IP-derived location, and browsing history within its services every time you use Claude, building a technical profile of your usage patterns that persists across sessions regardless of whether you are logged in.
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