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1 Low severity
Summary

This is ElevenLabs' privacy policy that describes how the company collects, processes, and uses personal data when users access its voice cloning and text-to-speech services. The policy permits ElevenLabs to retain and process voice recordings and custom voice models to improve its AI systems and share data with service providers and business partners. Users in California, the EU, and specified US states (Illinois, Texas, Washington) have rights to access, delete, or restrict processing of their data by submitting requests to privacy@elevenlabs.io.

Technical / Legal Breakdown

This document is ElevenLabs' privacy policy governing the collection, use, and sharing of personal data across its AI-powered voice synthesis platform, operating under a consent and legitimate interests legal basis framework consistent with GDPR and US state privacy law requirements. The policy states that ElevenLabs collects account information, payment data, voice recordings and cloned voice models, usage data, device identifiers, and communications content; the terms authorize sharing this data with service providers, business partners, affiliates, and in the context of corporate transactions such as mergers or acquisitions. Notably, the policy asserts that voice recordings and AI-generated voice models submitted by users may be used to improve ElevenLabs' models, which engages biometric and voice data considerations that several US state laws and the EU GDPR treat with heightened sensitivity; the policy does not explicitly enumerate a prohibition on selling voice data to third parties in all contexts, and the scope of 'business partners' as a sharing category warrants scrutiny. The policy acknowledges GDPR rights for EU/EEA users including access, rectification, erasure, and data portability, and references CCPA rights for California residents including the right to know, delete, and opt out of sale or sharing; compliance obligations under the EU AI Act may also be engaged given the platform's core AI voice generation functionality. Material compliance considerations include the adequacy of consent mechanisms for voice biometric data in Illinois (BIPA), Texas, Washington, and other states with biometric privacy statutes, as well as the need to assess whether the 'business partners' sharing category constitutes a 'sale' or 'sharing' under CCPA.

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1 important change detected

2 versions captured · Last updated: May 2026

What changed ElevenLabs removed two social media platform links from their privacy policy footer on May 19, 2026. The updated policy no longer includes direct links to X-Developers and YouTube-Developers accounts in the 'Socials' section. This is a minor formatting or navigation change with no material effect on privacy practices, data handling, or user rights.
Why this matters This change has no material effect on consumer privacy rights, data handling practices, or terms of service. The updated policy removes navigation links to social media accounts from the footer section. The substantive privacy commitments and data processing practices described in the policy remain unchanged.
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CCPA/CPRA
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Connecticut Data Privacy Act Amendments
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FTC Act Section 5
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Universal Opt-Out Mechanism Expansion 2026
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