Anthropic Terms Scorecard

Grade B- — Mostly fair (score 74/100)

Anthropic provides a clear opt-out for AI training, but reserves broad rights to modify terms and requires users to indemnify the company for a wide range of claims.

No forced arbitration. Broad indemnity. Unilateral changes allowed.

Terms at a glance

Sells your data
NO
Forced arbitration
NO
Trains AI on your content
YES
Collects biometric data
NO
Shares data with government
YES
Easy to cancel
YES
Tells you before changes
NO
Deletes data on request
UNCLEAR

What the terms actually say

Section 12 — Changes to these terms

If you continue to access the Services after we post the updated Terms on Anthropic’s website or otherwise give you notice of Terms changes, then you agree to the updated Terms.

By continuing to use the service, you automatically agree to any changes they make to the contract.

Section 11 — Indemnity

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)...

You must pay for the company's legal defense and any damages if a third party sues them because of your use of the service.

Section 12 — Legal Compliance

We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to report information from or about you, including but not limited to Inputs, Outputs, or Actions to law enforcement.

The company can share your private data with law enforcement whenever they decide to, without a warrant or notice to you.

Section 4 — Our use of Materials

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.

You have the ability to stop the company from using your inputs to train their AI models.

Section 2 — Your Anthropic Account

You may close your Account at any time by contacting us at [email protected].

You can terminate your account and stop using the service at any time.

Last reviewed 2026-08-02 under rubric v3.5.

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