Is my data safe with AI tools?
It depends on the vendor and the plan. Business plans generally do not train on your data; free plans often do. Read the data-usage clause before you paste anything sensitive.
Answer curated and reviewed byMark Barclay
Key takeaways
- It depends on the vendor and the plan.
- Business plans generally do not train on your data; free plans often do.
- Read the data-usage clause before you paste anything sensitive.
Three rules of thumb:
- Free tiers of most AI tools reserve the right to train on your prompts. Assume anything you paste could improve the next model.
- Paid business tiers (ChatGPT Team/Enterprise, Claude for Work, SynaBot Pro) contractually do not train on your data.
- Client data and PII should only ever go into a plan with a signed data-processing addendum.