Google vs Anthropic (Claude)
Based on our analysis, Anthropic (Claude) is the more privacy-respecting choice overall.
BACK →| Category | Anthropic (Claude) | |
|---|---|---|
| Overall | D · 26/100 | B · 72/100 |
| What they collect | Concern (8) | Mixed (65) |
| Who they share it with | Mixed (42) | Positive (78) |
| What you can do | Mixed (58) | Positive (78) |
| What they promise | Mixed (55) | Positive (82) |
Google tracks almost everything you do online — every search, email, location, video, and website visit — across all their products and millions of third-party sites, then uses it to sell ads. They do give you unusually good tools to review and delete your data, but the defaults collect everything.
View full analysis →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.
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