Data use, training & retention
How this is scored
What happens to prompts, uploaded files, connected data and outputs: whether any of it trains a model (the vendor's or a model provider's), how long it is kept and where logs live, whether zero-retention is available, and whether a data processing agreement covers it.
0 — No statement on training or retention; the privacy policy is a website policy that does not cover the product.
3 — A general statement that business data is "not used for training", with no word on retention, on the model providers behind the product or on logs.
5 — Business data excluded from training by contract, retention periods stated for chats and files, and a DPA offered to business customers.
8 — No-training commitments stated for the vendor and every model provider it routes to, retention configurable by the admin (including deletion of chat history), zero-data-retention terms with the model providers named, and abuse-monitoring retention described.
10 — Data use fully accounted for: training, retention, logging and abuse monitoring stated per model provider, customer-controlled retention and deletion with an audit trail, outputs and connected data treated as customer data in the DPA, and an independent audit (SOC 2, ISO 27001 or ISO 42001) covering the product.
The Skeptic
Retention and deletion are documented in unusual depth: logs up to 30 days and platform logs 6–12 months, retention configurable by the organization's administrator, deletion of chats and organizations implemented within 30 days, a mandatory Article 28 DPA concluded at registration, and prompts stripped of personal data before transmission to any model provider. What I could not find on any captured page is the first thing I ask: a statement of whether prompts, files or outputs train any model, the vendor's or a provider's. Credit for the paperwork; the training question stays open. 4 5 6 7