Anthropic
Anthropic retains broad rights to use your conversations to train their AI models unless you opt out, but they assign ownership of AI outputs to you. They can terminate your account without notice for terms violations and disclaim liability for AI accuracy or harmful outputs.
The Bottom Line
Anthropic retains broad rights to use your conversations to train their AI models unless you opt out, but they assign ownership of AI outputs to you. They can terminate your account without notice for terms violations and disclaim liability for AI accuracy or harmful outputs.
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Notable Clauses
“THE SERVICES, OUTPUTS, AND ACTIONS ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS AND, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, ARE PROVIDED WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, OR STATUTORY.”
“We may suspend or terminate your access to the Services (including any Subscriptions) at any time without notice to you if we believe that you have breached these Terms, or if we must do so in order to comply with law.”
“Unless we specifically agree otherwise in a separate agreement with you, we reserve the right to modify, suspend, or discontinue the Services or your access to the Services, in whole or in part, at any time without notice to you.”
“We may use Materials to provide, maintain, and improve the Services and to develop other products and services, including training our models, unless you opt out of training through your account settings. Even if you opt out, we will use Materials for model training when: (1) you provide Feedback to...”
“YOU AGREE TO INDEMNIFY AND HOLD HARMLESS THE ANTHROPIC PARTIES FROM AND AGAINST ANY AND ALL LIABILITIES, CLAIMS, DAMAGES, EXPENSES (INCLUDING REASONABLE ATTORNEYS' FEES AND COSTS), AND OTHER LOSSES ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO YOUR BREACH OR ALLEGED BREACH OF THESE TERMS; YOUR ACCESS TO, USE OF, OR ...”
“As between you and Anthropic, and to the extent permitted by applicable law, you retain any right, title, and interest that you have in the Inputs you submit.”
“Subject to your compliance with our Terms, we assign to you all of our right, title, and interest—if any—in Outputs.”
Protect Yourself
ACTIONABLESettings and actions you can take to limit your exposure
Disable AI Training on Your Conversations
Prevents Anthropic from using your chats to improve their AI models (with some exceptions for feedback and flagged content)
- Log into your Claude account
- Go to account settings
- Find the training opt-out toggle
- Turn off model training
Export Your Conversation History
Download all your chats with Claude before they could be deleted during account termination
- Access your Claude account settings
- Look for data export or download options
- Request a copy of your conversation history
Avoid Providing Feedback Ratings
Skip thumbs up/down buttons since feedback allows them to use your conversations for training even if you opted out
- Don't click thumbs up or thumbs down on Claude's responses
- Avoid using any feedback or rating features
Keep Local Backups of Important Outputs
Save Claude's responses you want to keep since they can delete your account and data without notice
- Copy important responses to a local text file
- Save valuable outputs to your computer or cloud storage
- Don't rely on Claude's interface to store important content
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