Claude (PDF upload): where do your PDFs go?
Sovereignty score
31/100
Critical riskClaude (PDF upload) is published by Anthropic, PBC (United States). The vendor falls under the US CLOUD Act: US authorities can request your files, whatever the hosting country.
Score calculated for this tool alone, without document-type weighting.
Checkpoints
- CLOUD Act
- Exposed Anthropic is a US company hosted on US infrastructure subject to the CLOUD Act.
- Jurisdiction
- Non-EU United States — US law — subject to the US CLOUD Act
- Servers
- Non-EU AWS / GCP cloud infrastructure mainly in the United States (except dedicated Bedrock/Vertex deployments in the EU)
- Retention
- Persistent Consumer accounts: 30 days, or up to 5 years if model training is allowed; commercial plans and API: 30 days (zero data retention available)
- AI
- Possible Since September 2025, consumer (Free, Pro, Max) conversations may be used for training unless the user opts out in settings; commercial plans and the API are excluded.
Quick answers
Is Claude (PDF upload) subject to the CLOUD Act?
Yes. Anthropic is a US company hosted on US infrastructure subject to the CLOUD Act.
Where are files uploaded to Claude (PDF upload) hosted?
AWS / GCP cloud infrastructure mainly in the United States (except dedicated Bedrock/Vertex deployments in the EU)
How long does Claude (PDF upload) keep your documents?
Consumer accounts: 30 days, or up to 5 years if model training is allowed; commercial plans and API: 30 days (zero data retention available)
Does Claude (PDF upload) use your files to train AI?
Since September 2025, consumer (Free, Pro, Max) conversations may be used for training unless the user opts out in settings; commercial plans and the API are excluded.
Which certifications does Claude (PDF upload) claim?
SOC 2 Type II · ISO/IEC 27001 · HIPAA (eligible plans)
Our analysis
No training on commercial plans, but training possible on consumer accounts, with US hosting and jurisdiction.
Source: Anthropic consumer terms update ·
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