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Is Claude Code safe for work?

Low risk · 16

Anthropic · Coding · facts (high-confidence)

Claude Code is low-risk for default at-work use (16/100): it trains on your data unless you opt out, and holds SOC 2 Type II.

Watch out: Under commercial terms, Claude Code is not trained on, retains data 30 days by default (Zero Data Retention on qualified Enterprise), and rides Anthropic's SOC 2 and ISO 27001 with a BAA available. Consumer accounts are trained on when data-sharing is enabled and can retain data for 5 years.

Data and compliance facts

Trains on consumer-tier data
Opt-out
Trains on business-tier data
No
Training opt-out available
Yes
SOC 2 Type II
Yes
ISO 27001
Yes
ISO 42001 (AI management)
Unverified
GDPR Data Processing Addendum
Yes
HIPAA BAA
Yes
EU data residency
Unverified
SSO / SAML
Yes
Data retention
Commercial: 30-day standard retention; Zero Data Retention available to qualified Enterprise accounts. Consumer: 5 years if data-sharing is on, otherwise 30 days.
Safer tier
Team, Enterprise or API (commercial terms): not the consumer Free, Pro or Max tiers

Why it scores 16 out of 100

  • +16Trains on your data. Training is on by default on the consumer tier; you must find and set the opt-out.