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Novel AI

NovelAI · Writing · US · novelai.net

Last verified 2026-09-16
Entry services/novel-ai.yaml
Training on your data (default tier)
Generation inputs processed and not stored; stored content end-to-end encrypted; Google data excluded from training
Retention
Stored content until account deletion; fraud records up to 90 days, or a year for support cases
Data residency
US controller; hosting providers run servers and backups, location not named

Vendor data-handling terms

Training on your data (default tier)
Generation inputs processed and not stored; stored content end-to-end encrypted; Google data excluded from training

The policy states generation submissions are processed and not stored, and that hosting providers do not receive prompts or outputs except as passing traffic; a separate general no-training statement is not made.

“Your account details, the content you store (end-to-end encrypted, see section 2), what you submit for generation (processed, not stored), your usage history, and your messages to us.”
checked 2026-09-16
NovelAI Privacy Policy (Anlatan)
Retention
Stored content until account deletion; fraud records up to 90 days, or a year for support cases
“Up to 90 days, or one year when kept for a support case.”
checked 2026-09-16
NovelAI Privacy Policy (Anlatan), Retention
Data residency
US controller; hosting providers run servers and backups, location not named
“Anlatan Inc., 501 Boylston Street Floor 10, Boston, MA 02116, United States, is the controller of the personal data described in this policy.”
checked 2026-09-16
NovelAI Privacy Policy (Anlatan)

Domains and endpoints

observed means seen in Unseen deployments; vendor-documented means listed by the vendor. Vendors do not publish complete lists.

HostRoleSource
novelai.netappobserved

Assessment

All use: low

Reasoning: A fiction-writing and image generator with unusually careful terms: stored content is end-to-end encrypted, generation inputs are not stored, and hosting providers do not see prompts. It has no work purpose; its presence on a network is a policy matter rather than a data one.

Flags: No business use case · Assessed 2026-09-16. The assessment is Unseen's; the terms above are the vendor's.

Changelog

  • 2026-09-16Documented. Processing, retention, and controller terms verified against the NovelAI privacy policy.
  • 2026-09-15Listed from the Unseen catalogue with observed domains.

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