{"slug": "anthropic-changes-data-retention-policy-after-enterprise-pushback", "title": "Anthropic changes data retention policy after enterprise pushback", "summary": "Anthropic is changing its data retention policy after enterprise pushback, allowing customers to store their data in their own cloud instead of on Anthropic's servers. The 30-day retention window remains, but data will now reside with the customer. Anthropic has spent months building the new system with over 100 customers from regulated industries, and the changes are set to arrive this fall, according to Bloomberg.", "body_md": "# Anthropic changes data retention policy after enterprise pushback\n\n**Anthropic is easing its controversial data storage policy, letting enterprise customers keep their own data going forward.** Since June, Anthropic has stored all customer data from its powerful [Mythos and Fable models](https://the-decoder.com/claude-fable-5-anthropic-admits-wrong-tradeoff-after-invisibly-throttling-rival-ai-researchers/), along with future flagship models, for 30 days on its own servers to spot new cyberattacks that use the technology.\n\nIn a report, Anthropic admitted the rule was unpopular and a business risk. The 30-day window stays in place, but under the new setup, the data will sit in the customer's cloud rather than with Anthropic. According to [Bloomberg](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-20/anthropic-plans-to-change-data-retention-policy-for-advanced-ai), the company has spent months building the new system with more than 100 customers from regulated industries. Rival [OpenAI is testing a different method](https://the-decoder.com/openai-builds-safety-system-that-catches-misuse-without-storing-customer-data/) with Databricks and Microsoft that also aims to pair security with data control.\n\nAnthropic developer Boris Cherny confirmed the plans publicly on [X](https://x.com/bcherny). The changes are set to arrive this fall.\n\n```\nAI News Without the Hype – Curated by Humans\n\n\t\t\t\t\tSubscribe to THE DECODER for ad-free reading, a weekly AI newsletter, our exclusive \"AI Radar\" frontier report six times a year, full archive access, and access to our comment section.\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t\tSubscribe now\n```\n\n[Bloomberg](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-20/anthropic-plans-to-change-data-retention-policy-for-advanced-ai)", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/anthropic-changes-data-retention-policy-after-enterprise-pushback", "canonical_source": "https://the-decoder.com/anthropic-changes-data-retention-policy-after-enterprise-pushback/", "published_at": "2026-08-21 09:59:51+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-21 10:14:53.758963+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-policy", "ai-products"], "entities": ["Anthropic", "Mythos", "Fable", "Bloomberg", "OpenAI", "Databricks", "Microsoft", "Boris Cherny"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/anthropic-changes-data-retention-policy-after-enterprise-pushback", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/anthropic-changes-data-retention-policy-after-enterprise-pushback.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/anthropic-changes-data-retention-policy-after-enterprise-pushback.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/anthropic-changes-data-retention-policy-after-enterprise-pushback.jsonld"}}