Do Character.AI and Sora Train on Your Data? A Checklist
What multimodal AI services actually do with your chats, voice clones, and generated videos, and how to opt out or delete your data.
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AI Chats That Accept Image Uploads Without Training on Them
Which AI chats accept image uploads without training on your photos, what they retain, and the local fallback.
How to Read an AI Privacy Policy Before You Sign Up
The five sections that actually matter in any AI privacy policy, what each major assistant's policy really says, and the red flags that mean walk away.
AI Assistants That Don't Train on Your Conversations
Which AI assistants train on your chats by default, which keep data only briefly, and where the real opt-out toggle actually lives.
Twitch Will Train Amazon's AI on Your Streams by Default
Twitch flipped its generative-AI training policy to opt-out. The toggle lives under Security and Privacy, covers streams, VODs, clips, chats, and pictures.
ChatGPT Alternatives: Four Meanings of Private (October 2026)
What each ChatGPT alternative actually promises about training, retention, and which providers can never see your prompts. Hosted versus local.
One Form, 614 Data Brokers: Inside California's DROP Tool
California's DROP tool wipes a resident's data from 614 brokers with one form. Here's what's covered, what isn't, and what to try if you don't live there.
Grindr Is Training AI on Your Photos, Age, and Taps by Default
EFF found Grindr auto-enrolls users in AI training on profile photos, age, taps, and display names. The only button on the opt-out notice says 'Proceed.'
AI Privacy Audit: Gemini Spark, Canada vs OpenAI, Bank SSN Leak
Google's always-on AI agent watches everything, Canada finds OpenAI broke privacy law, and a US bank fed customer SSNs to a chatbot.
COPPA Enforcement Starts Today, Google Reads Your Email, and Your AI Opt-Out Settings Probably Aren't Working
The biggest children's privacy update in 12 years takes effect, Google faces a class action over Gemini scanning Gmail, and we audit every major AI platform's opt-out settings.
GitHub Copilot Will Train on Your Code Starting April 24 - Here's How to Opt Out
GitHub's new data policy uses Free, Pro, and Pro+ user interactions to train AI models by default. Your private repo code while using Copilot is fair game unless you disable it.
AI Privacy Audit: What Eight Popular Assistants Collect
A source-by-source audit of eight AI assistants, what they collect, how training defaults differ, and which privacy settings users can change.