That little feedback button comes with a data-retention question

Leaving feedback feels like a tiny action. The storage consequences may not feel tiny at all. Anthropic's August 2025 consumer announcement says its new five-year retention period also applies to feedback about Claude responses. The page also says the company filters or obscures sensitive data and doesn't sell users' data to third parties. The issue here is clear notice. Before someone submits feedback, show what material goes with it and how it will be retained. People shouldn't need to read a policy announcement to understand what a quick click means. What should the feedback dialog tell you before you hit submit? Editorial digest · November 15, 2026. Commentary based on the sources below; not a personal user account. Sources: https://www.anthropic.com/news/updates-to-our-consumer-terms