Consumer tier

What happens to what a person types on a free or personal plan?

Q: What happens to what a person types on a free or personal plan?

Perplexity on the free and paid consumer plans (United States, verified); The DeepSeek consumer app (China, verified); The Mistral consumer assistant (France, verified); Grok on the consumer app and website (United States, verified); Meta AI on Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp (United States, verified); Microsoft Copilot on a personal account (United States, verified); The Gemini app on a personal Google account (United States, verified); Claude Free, Pro and Max (United States, verified); ChatGPT Free, Plus and Pro (United States, verified).

9 records of kind consumer tier are on the AI Vendor Data Ledger as of September 2026: 9 verified, 0 reported, 0 announced, 0 absent, 0 open. By jurisdiction: United States 7, France 1, China 1.

Consumer tier

9 records, newest first

VerifiedConsumer tierAVD-2026-0022
Perplexity on the free and paid consumer plans
United States · verified 15 September 2026
The privacy notice lists improving or creating services and products, including its AI models, among the uses of data collected.
VerifiedConsumer tierAVD-2026-0020
The DeepSeek consumer app
China · verified 15 September 2026
The privacy policy states that to provide its services DeepSeek directly collects, processes and stores personal data in the People's Republic of China.
VerifiedConsumer tierAVD-2026-0018
The Mistral consumer assistant
France · verified 15 September 2026
Inputs and outputs are used to train Mistral's models under legitimate interest, subject to the user's opt out.
VerifiedConsumer tierAVD-2026-0016
Grok on the consumer app and website
United States · verified 15 September 2026
The consumer FAQ states the vendor may use your content and interactions with Grok, along with Grok's responses, to train its models, and that you control whether it does.
VerifiedConsumer tierAVD-2026-0015
Meta AI on Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp
United States · verified 15 September 2026
The AI terms state that when information is shared with the AIs, the AIs will sometimes retain and use that information.
VerifiedConsumer tierAVD-2026-0012
Microsoft Copilot on a personal account
United States · verified 15 September 2026
Microsoft states that except for certain categories of users or users who have opted out, it uses data from Bing, MSN, Copilot and ad interactions for AI training.
VerifiedConsumer tierAVD-2026-0008
The Gemini app on a personal Google account
United States · verified 15 September 2026
Google states that a subset of chats is reviewed by human reviewers, including trained reviewers from its service providers.
VerifiedConsumer tierAVD-2026-0005
Claude Free, Pro and Max
United States · verified 15 September 2026
The privacy policy states Anthropic may use your inputs and outputs to train and improve its models unless you opt out through your account settings.
VerifiedConsumer tierAVD-2026-0001
ChatGPT Free, Plus and Pro
United States · verified 15 September 2026
Training is on by default on the consumer plans. The help centre says OpenAI may use content from services for individuals to train its models.

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