Is Devin safe with your data?
Devin
Cognition AI
Partial disclosure · high confidence
Devin earns a C (48/100) because it discloses its data practices only in part.
#93
of 216 apps ranked
48
score · Coding avg 52
-4
vs category average
Cognition trains on customer data by default and offers an opt-out only to paying subscribers, with zero-retention available solely after that opt-out is exercised.
What Devin's privacy policy and terms of service say about your data
Training opt-out is paywalled
Customer Data may be used for model training and to improve the Services, and the opt-out is available only to subscribers on a paid Service Tier. On the Teams tier only an administrator can exercise it, so individual users cannot opt out for themselves.
Zero retention is conditional, not default
Zero Data Retention is defined as data never saved to disk and deleted once the Output is generated, but it switches on only after a paid-tier opt-out. The default retention rule is to keep information "as needed" with no stated number of days, and no deletion timeline follows account closure.
No named security controls or certification
Security is described only as "commercially reasonable technical, administrative, and organizational measures." No encryption standard, access-control model, or audit certification is named, and breach notice is promised only "as necessary to comply with applicable privacy laws.
Ownership granted, broad licence retained
Customers own their data and Outputs are assigned to them, yet the same terms take a worldwide, sublicensable, transferable licence over Customer Data. The stated age gate also conflicts: the privacy policy says 18 while the terms say 13.
What the policy is silent or vague on
- Not stated: a deletion timeline after closure or request
- Not stated: shorter retention for AI conversation logs
- Not stated: a data-minimisation commitment
- Not stated: disclosure that you are interacting with AI
Devin privacy rating
Details
- Category
- Coding
- Modalities
- text
- Processes biometrics
- No
- Policy last updated
- 2026-03-09
- Region scored
- Global / US-default
- Last assessed
- 2026-10-13
Documents examined
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Each grade reflects our analysis of what an app states in its public privacy policy and terms as of the assessment date. It measures the transparency of those documents, not the company's actual data practices, security, or compliance. Grades are our opinion, offered for general information. Full disclaimer.