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The New York Times vs The Guardian

The New York Times's policy answers the question and is graded F. The Guardian'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.

The New York Times

The New York Times says information it collects may be used to train AI models — including recordings of your chats with its support staff.

Verdict

By default: Trains on you by default
The way out: No opt-out in the policy
What F means: On by default, with no way out on the plan you are on — and nothing short of reading the terms would have told you.
Last checked: 5 Oct 2026

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The Guardian

The Guardian says it may use generative AI on personal data, and points to principles held on another page. What it may build from that data, this document does not say.

Verdict

By default: The policy does not say
The way out: Nothing to opt out of on the record
Last checked: 5 Oct 2026

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The New York Times: every plan

The New York Times · what each plan can refuse · checked 5 Oct 2026

1 PLAN

Plan

Exposure

Trains

Opt-out path

Retention

De-identified

Human review

All accounts and subscriptions

88 / 100

YES

None offered

Not stated

Unknown

How the score is made88 / 100 · the rubric

Default50 / 50

On by default, with no way out on this plan

Way out33 / 33

No route to refuse is stated

Paywall0 / 4

No paywall on the control

Scope1 / 4

2 kinds of data are in scope

Human review2 / 4

The policy does not say whether people 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 accounts and subscriptionsTRAINS: YES

OPT-OUT: None offered
RETENTION: Not stated
EXPOSURE: 88 / 100
DE-IDENTIFIED: Not stated
HUMAN REVIEW: Unknown

The Guardian: every plan

The Guardian · what each plan can refuse · checked 5 Oct 2026

1 PLAN

Plan

Exposure

Trains

Opt-out path

Retention

De-identified

Human review

All readers and account holders

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 readers and account holdersUNCLEAR

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

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