How to Read an AI Privacy Policy Before You Sign Up
The five sections that actually matter in any AI privacy policy, what each major assistant's policy really says, and the red flags that mean walk away.
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The five sections that actually matter in any AI privacy policy, what each major assistant's policy really says, and the red flags that mean walk away.
Which AI assistants train on your chats by default, which keep data only briefly, and where the real opt-out toggle actually lives.
Twitch flipped its generative-AI training policy to opt-out. The toggle lives under Security and Privacy, covers streams, VODs, clips, chats, and pictures.
Anthropic's July 8, 2026 policy trains on consumer chats unless you opt out, and Gemini keeps human-reviewed chats for up to three years.
California's DROP tool wipes a resident's data from 614 brokers with one form. Here's what's covered, what isn't, and what to try if you don't live there.
EFF found Grindr auto-enrolls users in AI training on profile photos, age, taps, and display names. The only button on the opt-out notice says 'Proceed.'
Google's always-on AI agent watches everything, Canada finds OpenAI broke privacy law, and a US bank fed customer SSNs to a chatbot.
The biggest children's privacy update in 12 years takes effect, Google faces a class action over Gemini scanning Gmail, and we audit every major AI platform's opt-out settings.
GitHub's new data policy uses Free, Pro, and Pro+ user interactions to train AI models by default. Your private repo code while using Copilot is fair game unless you disable it.
A source-by-source audit of eight AI assistants, what they collect, how training defaults differ, and which privacy settings users can change.