Abacus AI Privacy Settings Guide

I tried using Abacus AI (the chat assistant also known as ChatLLM). If you don’t know what Abacus is, it basically puts a stack of AI models behind one login. 

What I didn’t do, at least not at first, was look at Abacus AI privacy settings. 

So I went looking. The good news is that Abacus AI is one of the few assistants where I didn’t have to hunt down the training opt-out setting because there isn’t one to find. 

Below is everything you need to know about Abacus AI privacy settings. 

Abacus AI Does Not Train On Your Conversations 

As of this writing, Abacus AI says that it does not use user data to train AI models.

It also says that it holds enterprise agreements with the model providers behind the scenes, including OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google, that prevent your data from being used to train their LLMs. 

Its privacy policy goes a step further and describes a zero data retention arrangement with the foundation models it sends your prompts to, meaning your prompts are used for real-time responses and are not stored or reused by those providers for training.

How to Delete Your Abacus AI Account

If you’d like to delete your Abacus AI account, you’ll need to email your deletion request to Abacus at [email protected]. 

How to Exercise Your Privacy Rights with Abacus AI

Abacus.AI’s privacy policy describes the privacy rights you can exercise directly:

• You can withdraw your consent to data processing at any time by emailing [email protected].
• If you’re a California resident, the CCPA gives you the right to know what personal information is collected, the right to request deletion of that information, and the right to opt out of any sale of it. 
• Abacus.AI says it recognizes Global Privacy Control signals where state privacy laws require it, so if you’ve enabled GPC in your browser, that preference is honored for those purposes.

Don’t Forget Data Brokers and People Search Sites

If you care about your privacy, don’t forget about data brokers and people search sites. 

Data brokers and people search sites are companies whose business model is based on collecting your personal information from varied sources (e.g., social media, public records, etc.), collating it into detailed profiles, and then selling or sharing these with anyone who wants them.

Profiles can include details like your full name, address, phone number, and who you’re related to, among other things, and in many cases, are easily findable through a simple Google search. 

Luckily, most data brokers and people search sites let you opt out. To learn how, check out our step-by-step data broker and people search site opt-out guides. 

After you opt out, make a note in your calendar to re-check these sites after a few months. Many data brokers republish people’s data after they find more of it online, even if you previously opted out. As such, opt-outs need to happen on a regular basis for maximum effectiveness.

Don’t have the time for manual opt-outs? Subscribe to a data broker removal service such as DeleteMe, and we’ll remove you from data brokers and people search sites for you.