What you gave up
AI training

Who trains AI on what you post

What each service's current terms of service and privacy policy say about using your posts, chats and data to build AI, region by region, the opt-outs they mention, and every change that touched it. Most severe first. Read from the documents themselves, with the quotes on each service page.

ServiceLevelWhat the terms sayOpt-out the documents mentionChanges
Amazon.com EUmajorAmazon uses your personal data to develop its generative AI models with no stated opt-out, and takes a perpetual, irrevocable licence over content you post. Opt out of certain other data uses in the settings of the relevant Amazon website, device or app23 AUG 2026
PayPal EUmajorPayPal may use your personal information to train its AI models, with no opt-out stated, and its agentic AI tools get access to your payment data. none stated–
Snapchat USmajorYou keep ownership but grant Snap a wide, sublicensable licence over your content, including AI inputs and outputs, and human reviewers may see it for model improvement with no opt-out stated. Control who sees your content and tailor audience settings07 NOV 2026
07 NOV 2026
05 AUG 2026
X USmajorYou give X a worldwide licence to use your content for any purpose, including training AI, and to let other companies use it, with no payment. EU/EFTA/UK users: content shared to a restricted community stays restricted.–
Zoom EUmajorZoom says it will not train AI on your audio, video, chat and similar content, but it takes a broad perpetual licence over your content and owns the data it generates about your use. Voiceprint and face data features are opt-in and can be deleted–
WhatsApp USnotableThe licence over your content is broad in wording but tied to operating the service; no AI training use is stated. none stated–
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Changes that touched AI training