{
  "title": "Training data controls",
  "description": "Control or document whether product content may be used for model training or service improvement.",
  "slug": "training-data-controls",
  "locale": "en",
  "seoTitle": "Training data controls — Can My Agent Use",
  "socialTitle": "Training data controls",
  "socialDescription": "Compare defaults and opt-out controls for training, service improvement, evaluation, and human review.",
  "llmSummary": "Training-data controls distinguish model training, service improvement, evaluation, safety review, and user feedback; consumer and business defaults may differ.",
  "audience": "Privacy, legal, security, and procurement teams.",
  "contentKind": "feature",
  "status": "published",
  "tags": [
    "security",
    "privacy",
    "training",
    "data-use"
  ],
  "updated": "2026-08-28T00:00:00.000Z",
  "published": "2026-08-28T00:00:00.000Z",
  "category": "security-privacy",
  "summary": "Control or document model-training and service-improvement use of product content.",
  "specLabel": "Common product term",
  "aliases": [
    "training opt-out",
    "data use",
    "improve models",
    "human review"
  ],
  "capabilityKind": "atomic",
  "parent": "data-security-controls",
  "related": [
    "data-retention-controls",
    "admin-policy-controls"
  ],
  "relations": [],
  "highlight": false,
  "notes": [
    {
      "id": 1,
      "text": "Evidence checked 2026-08-28: xAI documents that Grok Bot training opt-out follows the applicable Cursor account and privacy settings, with organization privacy mode governing while a member is on a team. The reviewed page does not fully separate training, evaluation, safety review, feedback, or every subprocessor's use."
    },
    {
      "id": 2,
      "text": "Evidence checked 2026-08-28: OpenAI states that ChatGPT Business and Enterprise do not train on business data by default across ChatGPT Work and Codex surfaces. This plan-qualified statement does not establish the default or controls for personal Free, Go, Plus, or Pro accounts."
    },
    {
      "id": 3,
      "text": "Evidence checked 2026-08-28: Claude Code lets Free, Pro, and Max users choose whether data may improve future Claude models; Team, Enterprise, API, third-party platform, and government use is not used to train generative models under commercial terms unless the customer affirmatively provides data. Feedback and optional transcript sharing follow separate rules."
    },
    {
      "id": 4,
      "text": "Evidence checked 2026-08-28: Gemini Apps' Keep Activity setting controls whether future personal-account chats train Google's AI models. Turning it off stops training unless the user submits feedback, while service delivery and safety processing—including possible human review—continue."
    },
    {
      "id": 5,
      "text": "Evidence checked 2026-08-28: Cursor Privacy Mode prevents Customer Data from being used for Cursor training and uses zero-data-retention agreements with model providers. Safety classifiers and triggered abuse investigations are documented exceptions, and turning Privacy Mode off permits broader storage and training use."
    }
  ],
  "issues": [],
  "resources": [
    {
      "title": "Methodology",
      "href": "/methodology",
      "kind": "note"
    },
    {
      "id": "xai-grok-bot-privacy",
      "title": "xAI — Grok Bot approvals, security, and privacy",
      "href": "https://docs.x.ai/grok-bot/approvals-security-and-privacy",
      "kind": "docs",
      "publisher": "xAI",
      "evidenceType": "documented",
      "reviewedAt": "2026-08-28",
      "locator": "Cursor account and data settings"
    },
    {
      "id": "openai-work-pricing-data",
      "title": "OpenAI — ChatGPT Work and Codex pricing",
      "href": "https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/pricing",
      "kind": "docs",
      "publisher": "OpenAI",
      "evidenceType": "documented",
      "reviewedAt": "2026-08-28",
      "locator": "Business; Enterprise; plan comparison"
    },
    {
      "id": "anthropic-claude-code-data-usage",
      "title": "Anthropic — Claude Code data usage",
      "href": "https://code.claude.com/docs/en/data-usage",
      "kind": "docs",
      "publisher": "Anthropic",
      "evidenceType": "documented",
      "reviewedAt": "2026-08-28",
      "locator": "Data training policy; feedback; session quality surveys"
    },
    {
      "id": "google-gemini-privacy-hub",
      "title": "Google — Gemini Apps Privacy Hub",
      "href": "https://support.google.com/gemini/answer/13594961",
      "kind": "docs",
      "publisher": "Google",
      "evidenceType": "documented",
      "reviewedAt": "2026-08-28",
      "locator": "Keep Activity; human review; feedback"
    },
    {
      "id": "cursor-data-use",
      "title": "Cursor — Data Use and Privacy Overview",
      "href": "https://cursor.com/data-use",
      "kind": "docs",
      "publisher": "Cursor",
      "evidenceType": "documented",
      "reviewedAt": "2026-08-28",
      "locator": "Privacy Mode"
    }
  ],
  "support": [
    {
      "harness": "grok-bot-desktop",
      "versions": [
        {
          "track": "current",
          "status": "partial",
          "noteIds": [
            1
          ],
          "target": {
            "kind": "hosted-observation",
            "revision": "2026-08-28 Grok Bot desktop documentation observation",
            "observedAt": "2026-08-28"
          },
          "environmentProfile": "hosted-default",
          "qualifiers": [
            {
              "type": "policy",
              "value": "training opt-out follows Cursor account and privacy settings, and an organization's privacy mode governs team members"
            },
            {
              "type": "runtime",
              "value": "the reviewed page does not fully distinguish foundation-model training, evaluation, safety review, feedback, human review, and third-party subprocessors"
            }
          ],
          "evidence": [
            {
              "resourceId": "xai-grok-bot-privacy",
              "type": "documented",
              "observedAt": "2026-08-28"
            }
          ]
        }
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      "harness": "chatgpt-web",
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        {
          "track": "current",
          "status": "partial",
          "noteIds": [
            2
          ],
          "target": {
            "kind": "hosted-observation",
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          },
          "environmentProfile": "enterprise-managed",
          "qualifiers": [
            {
              "type": "plan",
              "value": "ChatGPT Business and Enterprise business data is not used for training by default"
            },
            {
              "type": "policy",
              "value": "this cell does not establish the default, opt-out mechanics, feedback use, or human-review policy for personal plans"
            }
          ],
          "evidence": [
            {
              "resourceId": "openai-work-pricing-data",
              "type": "documented",
              "observedAt": "2026-08-28"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "harness": "chatgpt-desktop",
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        {
          "track": "current",
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            2
          ],
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            }
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            {
              "resourceId": "openai-work-pricing-data",
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            }
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      "harness": "codex-cli",
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        {
          "track": "current",
          "status": "partial",
          "noteIds": [
            2
          ],
          "target": {
            "kind": "hosted-observation",
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            "observedAt": "2026-08-28"
          },
          "environmentProfile": "enterprise-managed",
          "qualifiers": [
            {
              "type": "plan",
              "value": "ChatGPT Business and Enterprise business data is not used for training by default when Codex is used through the workspace plan"
            },
            {
              "type": "auth",
              "value": "API-key authentication follows API data controls and is not established by this ChatGPT-plan cell"
            }
          ],
          "evidence": [
            {
              "resourceId": "openai-work-pricing-data",
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              "observedAt": "2026-08-28"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "harness": "claude-cli",
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        {
          "track": "current",
          "status": "yes",
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            3
          ],
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            "kind": "hosted-observation",
            "revision": "2026-08-28 Claude Code documentation observation",
            "observedAt": "2026-08-28"
          },
          "environmentProfile": "local-default",
          "qualifiers": [
            {
              "type": "plan",
              "value": "Free, Pro, and Max users can choose whether their data may improve future Claude models; Team, Enterprise, API, third-party platform, and government data is not used to train generative models under commercial terms unless affirmatively provided"
            },
            {
              "type": "policy",
              "value": "/feedback, /bug, /share, optional transcript surveys, and customer opt-in programs have separate documented retention and improvement rules"
            }
          ],
          "evidence": [
            {
              "resourceId": "anthropic-claude-code-data-usage",
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              "observedAt": "2026-08-28"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "harness": "gemini-web",
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        {
          "track": "current",
          "status": "yes",
          "noteIds": [
            4
          ],
          "target": {
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            "revision": "2026-08-28 Gemini Apps privacy documentation observation",
            "observedAt": "2026-08-28"
          },
          "environmentProfile": "hosted-default",
          "qualifiers": [
            {
              "type": "auth",
              "value": "this cell applies to signed-in personal accounts; work and school accounts follow administrator-controlled Workspace terms"
            },
            {
              "type": "policy",
              "value": "with Keep Activity off, future chats do not train Google's AI models unless feedback is submitted; service delivery and safety processing can still involve human review"
            },
            {
              "type": "policy",
              "value": "audio and Gemini Live video or screenshare improvement is controlled by a separate setting and is off by default"
            }
          ],
          "evidence": [
            {
              "resourceId": "google-gemini-privacy-hub",
              "type": "documented",
              "observedAt": "2026-08-28"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "harness": "cursor",
      "versions": [
        {
          "track": "current",
          "status": "yes",
          "noteIds": [
            5
          ],
          "target": {
            "kind": "hosted-observation",
            "revision": "2026-08-28 Cursor privacy documentation observation",
            "observedAt": "2026-08-28"
          },
          "environmentProfile": "local-default",
          "qualifiers": [
            {
              "type": "policy",
              "value": "Privacy Mode prevents Customer Data from training Cursor models and uses ZDR agreements with model providers; non-ZDR models require designation or administrator opt-in"
            },
            {
              "type": "policy",
              "value": "safety classifiers and triggered abuse investigations are exceptions; turning Privacy Mode off permits broader storage, improvement, and model-training use"
            }
          ],
          "evidence": [
            {
              "resourceId": "cursor-data-use",
              "type": "documented",
              "observedAt": "2026-08-28"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "html": "/features/training-data-controls",
  "markdown": "/features/training-data-controls.md",
  "json": "/api/v1/features/training-data-controls.json",
  "body": "This row separates several uses that are often compressed into “not used for training”: foundation-model training, service improvement, evaluation, personalization, abuse prevention, safety review, human review, and content a user intentionally submits as feedback.\n\nEvidence should identify defaults by account and plan, opt-in or opt-out mechanics, administrator enforcement, whether connectors and tool output follow the same rule, policy-change notice, and whether third-party model or tool providers receive content under different terms."
}