KYC Drift: Hosted AI Identity & Data Practices — Pilot
Instead of asking whether a hosted AI is “anonymous,” ask two questions its paperwork can answer: which identity anchors does the provider attach to your use, and what does it say happens to what you type? KYC Drift records those statements with archived primary sources and dated evidence.
This release is an evidence-backed pilot, not a complete market audit. It contains 44 current fact records across eight services. All 44 are provider-stated; none comes from a controlled registration or product-interface run. Of 136 service-by-dimension cells, 45 contain at least one current record with an explicit region, plan, and platform scope. That is not full cross-scope coverage. The other 91 cells are shown as not assessed, never treated as “no requirement.”
Browse by service
Every card uses the same Identity, Payment, and Conversation groups. Values retain their plan and platform scope — no selection, scoring, or ranking.
Claude
Anthropic · direct chat provider
Identity
- Account required
- conditional provider-statedupgrading to a paid plan · global default · free/paid · web/API
- Phone at signup
- required provider-statedsupported locations · free/paid · web/desktop/mobile · Google SSO/email
Payment
- Payment and billing identity
- no current scoped record
Conversation
- Inputs sent to downstream providers
- no current scoped record
- Inputs used for training
- on by default; opt-out available provider-statedglobal default · free/paid · web
- Retention
- no current scoped record
8/17 dimensions with scoped records
full record →
DeepSeek
DeepSeek · direct chat provider
Identity
- Account required
- no current scoped record
- Phone at signup
- email or phone provider-statedglobal default · free/paid · web
Payment
- Payment and billing identity
- no current scoped record
Conversation
- Inputs sent to downstream providers
- no current scoped record
- Inputs used for training
- on by default; no stated opt-out provider-statedglobal default · free/paid · web
- Retention
- no current scoped record
6/17 dimensions with scoped records
full record →
Gemini
Google · direct chat provider
Identity
- Account required
- conditional provider-statedsigned-in use · global default · free/paid · web/app
- Phone at signup
- no current scoped record
Payment
- Payment and billing identity
- no current scoped record
Conversation
- Inputs sent to downstream providers
- no current scoped record
- Inputs used for training
- no current scoped record
- Retention
- up to 3 years provider-statedconversation picked for human review · global default · free/paid · web/app
6/17 dimensions with scoped records
full record →
Le Chat
Mistral AI · direct chat provider
Identity
- Account required
- conditional provider-statedvaries by product (some products require an account) · global default · free/paid · web/app
- Phone at signup
- collected if you provide it provider-statedglobal default · free/paid · web/app
Payment
- Payment and billing identity
- no current scoped record
Conversation
- Inputs sent to downstream providers
- no current scoped record
- Inputs used for training
- on by default; opt-out available provider-statedglobal default · free · web/app
- Retention
- until you delete it provider-statedglobal default · free/paid · web/app
9/17 dimensions with scoped records
full record →
ChatGPT
OpenAI · direct chat provider
Identity
- Account required
- no current scoped record
- Phone at signup
- no current scoped record
Payment
- Payment and billing identity
- required provider-statedupgrading to a paid plan · global default · paid · web
Conversation
- Inputs sent to downstream providers
- no current scoped record
- Inputs used for training
- on by default; opt-out available provider-statedglobal default · free/paid · web
- Retention
- no current scoped record
3/17 dimensions with scoped records
full record →
OpenRouter
OpenRouter · router / aggregator
Identity
- Account required
- required provider-statedglobal default · free/paid · web/API
- Phone at signup
- no current scoped record
Payment
- Payment and billing identity
- cryptocurrency accepted provider-statedglobal default · paid · web/API
Conversation
- Inputs sent to downstream providers
- sent to downstream provider provider-statedglobal default · free/paid · web/API
- Inputs used for training
- varies by downstream provider — selectable provider-statedglobal default · free/paid · web/API
- Retention
- no current scoped record
6/17 dimensions with scoped records
full record →
Perplexity
Perplexity · search AI
Identity
- Account required
- no current scoped record
- Phone at signup
- no current scoped record
Payment
- Payment and billing identity
- no current scoped record
Conversation
- Inputs sent to downstream providers
- no current scoped record
- Inputs used for training
- email content excluded provider-statedglobal default · free/paid · web
- Retention
- no current scoped record
2/17 dimensions with scoped records
full record →
Venice
Venice · router / aggregator
Identity
- Account required
- optional provider-statedglobal default · demo · web
- Phone at signup
- no current scoped record
Payment
- Payment and billing identity
- no current scoped record
Conversation
- Inputs sent to downstream providers
- zero data retention (imposed downstream) provider-statedglobal default · free/paid/demo · web
- Inputs used for training
- no current scoped record
- Retention
- not retained provider-statedglobal default · free/paid/demo · web
5/17 dimensions with scoped records
full record →