Is Qwen safe with your data?

Qwen

Alibaba

41/100

Weak disclosure · medium confidence

Qwen earns a D (41/100) because it leaves much about its data practices unstated.

Dealbreaker flag

D1.4: unconditional, irrevocable, non-exclusive, royalty-free, fully transferable, sub-licensable, perpetual, worldwide licence

#147

of 211 apps ranked

score · Assistant avg 49

-8

vs category average

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

Qwen's privacy and terms policies provide partial transparency on data use and user rights, with opt-out mechanisms for training absent and broad content reuse rights reserved by the vendor.

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

Training data use lacks opt-out

D1.1 and D1.2 both award zero: Qwen's policies are silent on whether users can opt out of having their inputs used for model training. The Qwen terms (Section III.5) allow broad use of User Content but contain no explicit opt-out mechanism.

Perpetual broad reuse license granted to vendor

D1.4 adverse=true: Users grant Qwen an 'unconditional, irrevocable, non-exclusive, royalty-free, fully transferable, sub-licensable, perpetual, worldwide licence' over all User Content (line 837), enabling indefinite reuse without user consent.

No data minimization commitment

The policy includes no commitment to limit collection to what is needed for the stated purposes

No automated-decision safeguards

The policy says nothing about safeguards or human review for automated decision-making that affects users

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

Qwen 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 outputsAdverse

Data-subject rights2 of 5 disclosed

Grants a right to access your dataPartial

Grants a right to delete your dataPartial

Offers data portability in a usable formatSilent

Grants a right to correct your dataDisclosed

Grants a way to object to or opt out of processingDisclosed

Retention and deletion0 of 4 disclosed

States a retention period for your dataSilent

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 sharing3 of 5 disclosed

Lists the categories of third parties it shares withDisclosed

References a sub-processor list or data processing agreementPartial

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

Names a safeguard for international data transfersDisclosed

States a standard for government and law-enforcement accessPartial

Transparency2 of 5 disclosed

Discloses that you are interacting with AISilent

Marks AI-generated or synthetic outputPartial

Enumerates the categories of data it collectsDisclosed

Maps processing purposes to legal basesPartial

Is versioned and dated, with change noticeDisclosed

Sensitive data and children1 of 3 disclosed

Discloses automated decisions and a human-review pathSilent

Limits the use of special-category dataSilent

Governs biometric data specificallyNot applicable

States protections for children's dataDisclosed

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: Assistant
Modalities: text, image
Processes biometrics: No
Policy last updated: 2026-05-19
Region scored: Global / US-default
Last assessed: 2026-07-08

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.