Anthropic's Consumer Health Data Privacy Policy explains how it collects, uses, discloses, and processes consumer health data when it processes that data. The policy applies only where Anthropic acts as a data controller, for example when you interact with Claude.ai or other products as a consumer for personal use, which the policy calls the Services.
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This Consumer Health Data Privacy Policy applies only where Anthropic acts as a data controller—for example, when you interact with Claude.ai or other products as a consumer for personal use (“Services”).
Qualifications & exceptions
Applies only where Anthropic acts as a data controller.
The consumer personal-use example is introduced with “for example,” so it illustrates rather than exhaustively defines the covered contexts.
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The document does not list every product or context in which Anthropic acts as a data controller, or what happens where it processes health data in another role.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Context
Supplemental Disclosures for Washington and Similar-Law States
These supplemental disclosures add information relevant to residents of Washington or residents of states with similar consumer health data laws. The policy says the content should be read together with the rest of Anthropic's Privacy Policy, which is linked but not included in the supplied document.
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These supplemental disclosures contain additional information relevant to residents of Washington or residents in states with similar “consumer health data” laws.
This content should be read in conjunction with the rest of our Privacy Policy.
Qualifications & exceptions
Addressed to residents of Washington or states with similar “consumer health data” laws.
Expressly to be read in conjunction with Anthropic's Privacy Policy.
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The supplied document does not identify which other states have similar laws.
The linked Privacy Policy text, including its collection, use, disclosure and state-specific terms, is not supplied.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Procedure
Supplemental Disclosures Prevail Over Privacy Policy
If the Privacy Policy and these supplemental disclosures conflict, the supplemental disclosures prevail where applicable.
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In case of conflict between our Privacy Policy and these supplemental disclosures, the supplemental disclosures shall prevail, where applicable.
Qualifications & exceptions
Limited to conflicts between the Privacy Policy and these supplemental disclosures, and only where applicable.
Data Access & Collection · Company practice
Collection of Health Data Provided Directly
Anthropic collects the listed categories of consumer health data when you provide that data to it directly, including when you elect to connect a third-party application to Claude.ai that contains your consumer health data.
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We collect the following categories of consumer health data where you provide it to us directly, including if you elect to connect a third-party application to Claude.ai that contains your consumer health data:
Qualifications & exceptions
Limited to consumer health data the user provides directly.
The third-party application connection is described as an election by the user.
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The document does not describe collection of consumer health data from other sources or how the categories are verified.
Data Access & Collection · Company practice
Categories of Consumer Health Data Collected
The policy lists the categories of consumer health data Anthropic collects: health-related conditions, symptoms, status, diagnoses, medical interventions, surgeries, procedures, testing or treatments; vital signs, bodily functions, symptoms or health measurements that reveal health status; use or purchase of prescribed medication; biometric and genetic data; precise location information; information, including location, that could identify an attempt to seek health care services or supplies; and other information that may be used to infer or derive consumer health data.
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Information about your health-related conditions, symptoms, status, diagnoses, medical interventions, surgeries, procedures, testing, or treatments;
Vital signs, bodily functions, symptoms, or health measurements that reveal your health status;
Information about your use or purchase of prescribed medication;
Biometric and genetic data;
Precise location information;
Information, including location or precise location information, that could identify your attempt to seek health care services or supplies; and
Other information that may be used to infer or derive consumer health data.
Qualifications & exceptions
Presented as the categories collected where the user provides the data directly.
The final category is open-ended: other information that may be used to infer or derive consumer health data.
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The document does not define what information counts as inferring or deriving consumer health data.
Account & Service Control · User right or choice
Revoking Consent to Third-Party Health Integrations
A user can revoke consent to third-party integrations that may provide Claude.ai access to consumer health data at any time in Settings.
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You can revoke your consent to third-party integrations that may provide Claude.ai access to consumer health data at any time in your Settings.
Qualifications & exceptions
Concerns consent to third-party integrations that may provide Claude.ai access to consumer health data.
The revocation is made in Settings.
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The document does not state how quickly a revocation takes effect or what happens to data already collected through an integration.
Data Access & Collection · Context
More Collection Details Referenced to Privacy Policy
For more detail about the types of data collected and how it is collected, the policy refers readers to “1. Collection of Personal Data” in Anthropic's Privacy Policy. That Privacy Policy is linked but is not part of the supplied document.
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For additional information about the types of data we collect and how we collect it, please review “1. Collection of Personal Data” in our Privacy Policy.
Qualifications & exceptions
The referenced Privacy Policy section is not supplied.
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The referenced collection details are outside the supplied text.
Use & Processing · Company practice
Permitted Uses of Consumer Health Data
Anthropic uses consumer health data for three listed purposes: to integrate a third-party health application with Claude.ai so the user can share data with Claude to discuss; to prevent and investigate fraud, abuse, Usage Policy violations, unlawful or criminal activity, and unauthorized access to or use of personal data or Anthropic systems and networks, to protect its rights and the rights of others, and to meet legal, governmental and institutional policy obligations; and, in an aggregated form, to develop, test and improve its services.
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We use your consumer health data for the following purposes:
To integrate your third party health application with Claude.ai so that you share your data with Claude to discuss;
To prevent and investigate fraud, abuse, and violations of our Usage Policy, unlawful or criminal activity, unauthorized access to or use of personal data or Anthropic systems and networks, to protect our rights and the rights of others, and to meet legal, governmental and institutional policy obligations;
In an aggregated form, to help us develop, test and improve our services.
Qualifications & exceptions
Service-improvement use is limited to an aggregated form.
The fraud and legal use covers violations, unauthorized access, protection of rights and legal, governmental or institutional policy obligations.
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The document does not describe retention periods or how data is aggregated.
Use & Processing · Company practice
Consent May Be Sought for Certain Uses
Anthropic may seek the user's consent to certain uses of consumer health data in accordance with applicable laws. One example is seeking consent to integrate with a third-party health app and to collect and process data obtained through that integration.
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We may seek your consent to certain uses of consumer health data in accordance with applicable laws.
For example, we may seek your consent to integrate with a third-party health app and collect and process data we collect through the integration.
Qualifications & exceptions
The policy says Anthropic “may seek” consent; it does not say consent is sought for every use.
Consent is sought in accordance with applicable laws.
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The document does not identify which laws require consent or which uses beyond the integration example are consent-based.
Use & Processing · Context
More Use Details Referenced to Privacy Policy
For more detail about how Anthropic uses data, the policy refers readers to “2. Uses of Personal Data Permitted Under Applicable Data Protection Laws” in its Privacy Policy. That Privacy Policy is linked but not supplied.
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For additional information about how we use data, please review “2. Uses of Personal Data Permitted Under Applicable Data Protection Laws” in our Privacy Policy.
Qualifications & exceptions
The referenced Privacy Policy section is not supplied.
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The referenced use details are outside the supplied text.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice
Disclosure to Third-Party Categories Defined by Privacy Policy
Anthropic will disclose the categories of consumer health data described in this policy to the categories of third parties described in “3. How We Disclose Personal Data” in its Privacy Policy. The policy gives third-party integrations as an example: if a user chooses to integrate the Services with websites, apps and services managed by third parties, the user may choose to provide information directly to the third party through the Services.
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Anthropic will disclose the categories of consumer health data described above to the categories of third parties described in “3. How We Disclose Personal Data” in our Privacy Policy.
For example, if you choose to integrate the Services with websites, apps, and services managed by third parties, by interacting with these third parties, you may choose to provide information directly to the third party via the Services.
Qualifications & exceptions
Recipient categories are defined by reference to the Privacy Policy, which is not supplied.
The integration example concerns information the user chooses to provide directly to the third party.
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The categories and identities of third-party recipients are not stated in the supplied document.
The supplied text does not state whether Anthropic receives or processes data the user provides directly to an integration.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · User right or choice
Rights to Know, Access, Delete or Withdraw Consent
A user may be entitled, in accordance with applicable law, to submit a request to know, access or delete the consumer health data Anthropic has collected about them, or to withdraw consent to Anthropic's use of that data.
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You may be entitled, in accordance with applicable law, to submit a request to know, access, or delete the consumer health data we have collected about you or withdraw consent to our use of consumer health data.
Qualifications & exceptions
Entitlement depends on applicable law; the policy says the user “may be entitled.”
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The document does not describe request procedures, identity verification, response times or exceptions.
Account & Service Control · User right or choice
Privacy Settings Tools for Managing Data
Anthropic says it gives users a variety of tools to help manage their data, accessible through the Privacy Settings page.
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Anthropic gives you access to a variety of tools to help you manage your data.