Grade C+ — Standard consumer terms (score 66/100)
DataAnnotation provides clear transparency regarding its AI training data practices and honors comprehensive privacy rights for all users, though it reserves the right to update terms unilaterally.
Clear data practices, explicit retention, and strong GDPR/CCPA compliance.
Developing, training, and improving artificial intelligence models using data collected in connection with tasks performed by independent contractors.
The company explicitly uses the work and data provided by contractors to train and improve AI models.
If you are engaged as an independent contractor, we may collect facial recognition data, or other biometric identifiers that you provide or that may be derived from audio, visual, or other content you submit.
The company collects biometric data from contractors, which is a sensitive category of information.
Government agencies or regulators when required to do so by law; in response to a request from a law enforcement agency or authority or any regulatory authority
The company will share your data with government and law enforcement agencies when they request it.
The retention period for your personal data is determined based on the purpose of processing of the particular data but generally will be retained for 2 years from our last communication or contact.
The company provides a clear, defined retention period for your personal data.
The right to access, modify, and correct personal data about you
You have the explicit right to view and fix the data the company holds about you.
We reserve the right, at any time, to modify, alter, and/or update this Privacy Notice, and any such modifications, alterations, or updates will be effective upon our posting of the revised Privacy Notice.
The company can change the privacy policy at any time, and the new terms take effect immediately upon posting.
Last reviewed 2026-08-23 under rubric v3.5.