AI vendors update their terms of service regularly — and the updates that matter (training rights, retention, liability) rarely arrive with a fanfare. Open your top AI vendor's terms page right now and Ctrl+F these 5 clauses. It takes two minutes. No signup, nothing installed.
The 5-clause Ctrl+F check
1
Training rights — search: train
Found "we may use your content to train/improve our models" → FLAG. Your inputs and outputs may be feeding their next model — including customer data you pasted in.
Explicit "we do not train on your data" on your plan tier → good. Screenshot it with today's date.
2
Data retention — search: retain / retention
Retention measured in months with vague deletion promises → FLAG. Know exactly how long your data sits on their servers.
3
Liability & indemnity — search: indemnif
You indemnify them for model outputs you publish → FLAG. If their model hallucinates about a customer, the bill is yours.
4
Subprocessors — search: subprocessor
Long subprocessor list you never reviewed → FLAG. Your data flows further than the vendor's logo suggests.
5
Change notice — search: modif / changes to these terms
"We may update these terms at any time; continued use constitutes acceptance" → FLAG. That sentence means the deal can change without you noticing.
All five clean → solid terms. Check again quarterly — terms are a moving target.
This is a layperson's triage pass, not legal advice. For contracts that matter, have counsel read the flagged clauses.
If you flagged any clause, do this now
Check your plan tier — training opt-outs often differ between free, Pro, and Enterprise tiers.
Opt out where offered — many vendors bury the training opt-out in settings, not in the terms.
Archive today's version — save or print the terms page so you can prove what changed later.
Watch every vendor, continuously — you checked one page today; your stack has a dozen vendors.
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