Is OpenHands safe with your data?

OpenHands

All Hands AI

26/100

Poor disclosure · high confidence

OpenHands earns an F (26/100) because it discloses little about its data practices.

Dealbreaker flag

D1.1: we may use content and feedback from your use of the Services to train and tune our AI models
D1.4: sublicensable (directly and indirectly through multiple tiers), perpetual, and irrevocable license to use your User Content

#206

of 216 apps ranked

score · Coding avg 54

-28

vs category average

Grade scaleA · 70–100B · 60–69C · 48–59D · 35–47F · 0–34

OpenHands says it may use your content and feedback to train and tune its AI models with no opt-out named, and its terms take a perpetual, irrevocable, sublicensable licence over everything you upload.

What OpenHands's privacy policy and terms of service say about your data

Trains on your content

The policy states that content and feedback from your use of the Services may be used to train and tune its AI models, and names no way to decline.

Perpetual content licence

The terms take a worldwide, royalty-free, sublicensable through multiple tiers, perpetual and irrevocable licence over your uploaded content, including making it available for syndication and distribution by partner companies.

Retention is open-ended

Personal information is kept for as long as reasonably necessary, with no retention period, deletion timeline, or AI log schedule stated anywhere; deletion happens only if you email the company.

Thin on rights and safeguards

There is no stated access or portability right, no named international transfer safeguard, no breach notification commitment, and security is described only as technical, organizational and physical safeguards.

What the policy is silent or vague on

Not stated: keeping user inputs out of model training
Not stated: a way to opt out of training
Not stated: whether training use differs by plan
Not stated: your ownership of generated outputs

OpenHands privacy rating

Training-data use0 of 4 disclosed

Keeps user inputs out of model training, or makes training opt-inSilent

Names a way to opt out of or into trainingSilent

Says whether training use differs by plan or tierSilent

Lets the user keep ownership of generated outputsSilent

Data-subject rights0 of 5 disclosed

Grants a right to access your dataSilent

Grants a right to delete your dataPartial

Offers data portability in a usable formatSilent

Grants a right to correct your dataPartial

Grants a way to object to or opt out of processingPartial

Retention and deletion0 of 4 disclosed

States a retention period for your dataPartial

States a deletion timeline after closure or requestSilent

Sets a shorter retention for AI conversation logsSilent

Commits to collecting only the data it needsSilent

Third-party sharing1 of 5 disclosed

Lists the categories of third parties it shares withDisclosed

References a sub-processor list or data processing agreementSilent

Does not sell or share data for advertising, or offers opt-outPartial

Names a safeguard for international data transfersSilent

States a standard for government and law-enforcement accessPartial

Transparency2 of 4 disclosed

Discloses that you are interacting with AIDisclosed

Marks AI-generated or synthetic outputNot applicable

Enumerates the categories of data it collectsDisclosed

Maps processing purposes to legal basesSilent

Is versioned and dated, with change noticePartial

Sensitive data and children0 of 2 disclosed

Discloses automated decisions and a human-review pathNot applicable

Limits the use of special-category dataSilent

Governs biometric data specificallyNot applicable

States protections for children's dataPartial

Security and accountability0 of 3 disclosed

Describes its security safeguardsPartial

Commits to breach notificationSilent

Names a certification or a privacy contactPartial

DisclosedPartialSilentAdverseNot applicable

Details

Category: Coding
Modalities: text
Processes biometrics: No
Policy last updated: 2025-09-03
Region scored: Global / US-default
Last assessed: 2026-10-13

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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.