Fact · Voice privacy and security
Orrick says Anthropic's consumer privacy policy, to which every user consents, lets the company use user inputs for training and reserves the right to disclose them to third parties.
Checked against its source on October 17, 2026
In the source's own words
“uses that data for training purposes and reserves the right to disclose it to third parties”
Court Rules AI Conversations Are Not Privileged: What United States v. Heppner Means for You, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, Orrick, 2026, Section on the Heppner analysis.
Open the original- What it measures
- In United States v. Heppner, the court ruled that a defendant's conversations with the consumer version of Claude were not privileged. Orrick, a law firm, reads the court's reasoning as relying in part on Anthropic's consumer privacy policy.
- What it does not show
- This describes Orrick's reading of Anthropic's consumer terms as they stood when the ruling was analyzed. It is not the court's opinion text, and the terms may have changed. Orrick notes that enterprise AI platforms with negotiated confidentiality terms have not been tested in court.