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MEGA vs pCloud

MEGA's policy answers the question and is graded A. pCloud's doesn't say either way. That's a finding about the document, not a worse grade.

Grades read the plan most people are on. Each company's full entry has every plan, every clause and the archived copy it was read from.

MEGA

MEGA says it cannot decrypt your files or chats, and excludes them from its privacy policy for that reason. Not a promise about what it does — a claim about what it can.

Verdict

By default: Does not train on you by default
The way out: Cannot train on you: the content is not readable to them
What A means: Cannot train on you. Your content is not available to the company in usable form.
Last checked: 5 Oct 2026

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pCloud

pCloud sells encrypted storage. Its privacy policy does not mention AI, machine learning or model training at all.

Verdict

By default: The policy does not say
The way out: Nothing to opt out of on the record
Last checked: 30 Aug 2026

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MEGA: every plan

MEGA · what each plan can refuse · checked 5 Oct 2026

1 PLAN

Plan

Exposure

Trains

Opt-out path

Retention

De-identified

Human review

All plans (free and Pro)

5 / 100

CANNOT

Nothing to opt out of

Not stated

How the score is made5 / 100 · the rubric

Default3 / 50

The company states it cannot reach your content

Way out0 / 33

Nothing is on, so nothing needs refusing

Paywall0 / 4

No paywall on the control

Scope0 / 4

One kind of data is in scope

Human review0 / 4

The policy says people do not read it

De-identified2 / 2

Nothing is said about de-identification

EVERY CELL ABOVE IS SOURCED FROM A QUOTED CLAUSE OR A DOCUMENTED SEARCH · SEE THE EVIDENCE ABOVE

EXPOSURE IS SCORED 0–100 ON ONE AXIS, HOW HARD IT IS TO STOP THIS PLAN TRAINING ON YOU. THE GRADE IS THE BAND IT FALLS IN: A 0–10 · B 11–25 · C 26–45 · D 46–60 · E 61–80 · F 81–100. HOW THE SCORE IS SET

All plans (free and Pro)TRAINS: CANNOT

OPT-OUT: Nothing to opt out of
RETENTION: Not stated
EXPOSURE: 5 / 100
DE-IDENTIFIED: Not stated
HUMAN REVIEW: No

pCloud: every plan

pCloud · what each plan can refuse · checked 30 Aug 2026

1 PLAN

Plan

Exposure

Trains

Opt-out path

Retention

De-identified

Human review

All plans

UNCLEAR

Not established, see below

Not stated

—

Not established

EVERY CELL ABOVE IS SOURCED FROM A QUOTED CLAUSE OR A DOCUMENTED SEARCH · SEE THE EVIDENCE ABOVE

All plansUNCLEAR

OPT-OUT: Not established
RETENTION: Not stated
EXPOSURE: —
DE-IDENTIFIED: —
HUMAN REVIEW: Not established

Every grade on this page is the one on the company's own entry, read from a dated, archived copy of its policy. Nothing here is computed separately. How grades are set · All comparisons