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Anthropic relaxes data retention policies for enterprise customers
The Decoder Anthropic changes data retention policy after enterprise pushback
Anthropic updated its data storage policy to allow enterprise customers to retain control over their own data following corporate pushback.
Why it matters
Businesses can now use Claude with greater confidence that their proprietary data won't be stored long-term by the AI provider.
Latest brief · Aug 31, 2026