Anthropic (Claude) vs Apple
Based on our analysis, Apple is the more privacy-respecting choice overall.
BACK →| Category | Anthropic (Claude) | Apple |
|---|---|---|
| Overall | B · 72/100 | B+ · 78/100 |
| What they collect | Mixed (65) | Mixed (72) |
| Who they share it with | Positive (78) | Positive (82) |
| What you can do | Positive (78) | Positive (80) |
| What they promise | Positive (82) | Positive (82) |
Anthropic collects identity and account data, all prompts and responses, and coding sessions. Consumer users can opt in to having conversations used for model training with data retained up to 5 years. API and commercial customers are unaffected: their data is never used for training. With training off, 30-day retention for safety then deleted. No advertising business; data never sold. Dedicated Privacy Center at privacy.claude.com.
View full analysis →Apple collects significantly less data than other big tech companies and explicitly commits — using both Nevada and California legal definitions — to never selling or sharing your data for advertising. Their own ad platform doesn't use data brokers or cross-app tracking. Private personal data isn't used to train Apple's AI models. The main caveats are health, fitness, and financial data collection, government ID in some cases, and personalised ads that exist but are easy to turn off.
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