Anthropic uses publicly available internet data, commercially licensed datasets, and user conversations to train its AI models. This means information about you that exists online could potentially be part of the training data even if you have never used Anthropic's products.
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The policy discloses that personal data obtained from publicly available internet sources and commercial datasets is used for model training, which means individuals who have not consented to or interacted with Anthropic's services may have their personal data included in training data; a separate Non-User Privacy Policy governs this practice.
New explicit disclosure of Anthropic's internet scraping and third-party data sourcing practices for model training, clarifying previously implicit data collection methods.
View full change record →Personal data from public internet sources and third-party commercial datasets may be used to train Anthropic's models regardless of whether an individual has an Anthropic account; the policy directs non-users to a separate Non-User Privacy Policy for information about their rights in this context.
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"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); Feedback that users explicitly provide about our Services; Materials flagged for safety, security, or policy review; Data that we generate internally.— Excerpt from Anthropic's Anthropic Privacy Policy
(1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: This provision engages GDPR Articles 13 and 14 (transparency obligations for data collected from third parties), Article 6 lawful basis, and the concept of legitimate interest for processing publicly available data, enforced by EU supervisory authorities; CCPA provisions on personal information collected from third parties; LGPD Articles 7 and 11; and emerging EU AI Act requirements for training data documentation. Several EU supervisory authorities have issued guidance or initiated investigations into AI training data practices. (2) GOVERNANCE EXPOSURE: Medium to High. The use of publicly available internet data for model training is a widely observed practice in the AI industry but has attracted regulatory scrutiny across multiple jurisdictions. The policy references a separate Non-User Privacy Policy, which governance teams should review in conjunction with this document. (3) JURISDICTION FLAGS: EU/EEA users and non-users whose data appears in public internet sources have the most direct GDPR exposure. Brazilian and South Korean users are subject to LGPD and PIPA respectively, which impose their own requirements on processing of publicly sourced personal data. Italian, Irish, and French supervisory authorities have previously engaged with AI training data practices. (4) CONTRACT AND VENDOR IMPLICATIONS: Organizations entering commercial data licensing agreements with Anthropic should review the scope of permitted data use for model training and assess whether their data sharing obligations are consistent with their own privacy policies and user agreements. (5) COMPLIANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Compliance teams should review the Non-User Privacy Policy referenced in this document to assess whether Anthropic's disclosures to non-users satisfy applicable notice requirements under GDPR Article 14 and equivalent frameworks. Organizations should also evaluate whether their own data, if publicly available, may be included in training datasets and whether this creates any contractual or regulatory obligations.
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The policy discloses that personal data obtained from publicly available internet sources and commercial datasets is used for model training, which means individuals who have not consented to or interacted with Anthropic's services may have their personal data included in training data; a separate Non-User Privacy Policy governs this practice.
Personal data from public internet sources and third-party commercial datasets may be used to train Anthropic's models regardless of whether an individual has an Anthropic account; the policy directs non-users to a separate Non-User Privacy Policy for information about their rights in this context.
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