Anthropic · Anthropic Usage Policy

Government Customer Use-Restriction Carve-Out

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Consumer impact (what this means for users)

Anthropic's AUP directly affects what you can ask Claude to do — violations can result in your account being throttled, suspended, or permanently terminated without prior notice. For users of third-party apps built on Claude, the policy applies equally, meaning the app developer's failure to comply can affect your access too. You can report harmful or inaccurate AI outputs at usersafety@anthropic.com or via the in-product thumbs-down feedback feature.

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Why it matters (compliance & risk perspective)

This carve-out allows government customers to operate outside the standard AUP restrictions, creating a two-tiered system where activities prohibited for commercial users may be permitted for government actors — with Anthropic as the sole judge of adequacy.

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This Usage Policy is calibrated to strike an optimal balance between enabling beneficial uses and mitigating potential harms. Anthropic may enter into contracts with certain governmental customers that tailor use restrictions to that customer's public mission and legal authorities if, in Anthropic's judgment, the contractual use restrictions and applicable safeguards are adequate to mitigate the potential harms addressed by this Usage Policy.

Provision details

Document information
Document
Anthropic Usage Policy
Entity
Anthropic
Document last updated
March 24, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
March 6, 2026
Last verified
April 28, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-002572
Document ID
CA-D-00013
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Entity: Anthropic | Document: Anthropic Usage Policy | Record: CA-P-002572
Captured: 2026-03-06 20:36:08 UTC | SHA-256: fe6f60bf15130bb0…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/anthropic/anthropic-usage-policy/government-customer-use-restriction-carve-out/
Accessed: April 29, 2026
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