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Third-Party Model Training Data Sources

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What it is

Anthropic obtains personal data from third party sources in order to train our models. Specifically, we train our models using data from the following sources: Publicly available information via the Internet; Datasets that we obtain through commercial agreements with third party businesses; Data that our users or crowd workers provide, including Inputs and Outputs from our Services (unless users opt out).

Why it matters

People who have never signed up for Claude may have had their personal data — published online or sold by a data broker — incorporated into Claude's training dataset without their knowledge or consent.

Consumer impact

Anthropic collects your conversation content (prompts and AI responses), device identifiers, browsing behavior, and any personal data you include in messages to Claude, and may use this data to train its AI models. Users who opt out of model training should be aware that conversations flagged for safety or policy review can still be used for training without their consent, representing a meaningful limitation on the opt-out right. You can opt out of having your conversations used for model training by navigating to your Claude.ai account settings, or submit a data deletion request by emailing privacy@anthropic.com.

What you can do

⚠️ These actions may provide transparency or partial mitigation but may not fully address the underlying issue. Effectiveness varies by jurisdiction and individual circumstances.
  • Delete Your Data
    If you are a non-user whose personal data may have been collected from third-party sources for model training, email privacy@anthropic.com referencing Anthropic's Non-User Privacy Policy and request deletion or objection to processing of your personal data.

Applicable agencies

  • FTC
    The FTC has enforcement authority over deceptive or unfair data collection practices, including use of third-party purchased datasets for AI model training without adequate disclosure.
    File a complaint →

Provision details

Document information
Document
Anthropic Privacy Policy
Entity
Anthropic
Document last updated
March 24, 2026
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First tracked
March 6, 2026
Last verified
April 4, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-002129
Document ID
CA-D-00012
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Entity: Anthropic | Document: Anthropic Privacy Policy | Record: CA-P-002129
Captured: 2026-03-06 20:00:36 UTC | SHA-256: 55f589f5c2a5a187…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/anthropic/anthropic-privacy-policy/third-party-model-training-data-sources/
Accessed: April 4, 2026
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