Find the categories
Include chat, uploads, profile, device, payment, support and inferred information.
INDEPENDENT · SOURCE-BACKED · ADULTS 18+See the data trail
See the data trail
before you share.
Map what enters an AI companion service, reduce unnecessary disclosure, choose the right account control and keep useful evidence—without pretending any app can guarantee privacy.
Educational information, not legal advice, security testing or a privacy certification.
A policy is not a promise. A control is not proof.
Use dated public sources, reduce what you share, save request details and ask the provider when a control’s scope is unclear.
01Map→02Minimize→03Control→04Evidence
Share less first
Remove names, exact places, credentials, documents and another person’s private details.
Match action to goal
Access, correct, export, object, delete or close an account using the current route.
Keep a clean record
Save dates, confirmations and policy versions without reposting sensitive content.
26 DISTINCT QUESTIONS
One clear intent per guide.
Each page answers a separate data-control question, names its sources and marks the limits of what public evidence can prove.
Map7 focused guides
Map Your AI Companion Data Trail
Draw the route from the moment information enters a service to storage, use, sharing and deletion.
Open this check →What Data Can an AI Companion Collect?
Build a category list before deciding what belongs in a conversation.
Open this check →Check How Chat History Is Handled
Read the current notice for storage, review, moderation and retention statements about conversation history.
Open this check →Separate Memory, Profile and Chat Data
Identify what is shown as a profile field, what is saved as memory and what may be inferred from repeated conversations.
Open this check →Check Voice, Image and Video Data
Treat biometric-style media and intimate uploads as higher-exposure inputs.
Open this check →Find Billing, Device and Log Data
Look beyond conversations to the records created by payments, devices, sessions and support contacts.
Open this check →Trace Processors and Third Parties
Turn a long recipient list into a practical map of who may receive which category of information.
Open this check →Minimize6 focused guides
Use a Before-You-Share Filter
Reduce exposure before information becomes part of an account or conversation.
Open this check →Sensitive Data Checklist for Companion Chat
Recognize high-consequence details before they leave your device.
Open this check →Check Consent Before Sharing Someone Else’s Data
Protect people who did not choose to enter a companion conversation.
Open this check →Real-Person Media Consent Check
Pause before uploading a real person’s face, voice or body.
Open this check →Review AI Companion App Permissions
Enable only the device access needed for the feature you actually use.
Open this check →How to Read an AI Companion Privacy Notice
Find collection, purpose, sharing, retention, rights and contact details without relying on a trust badge.
Open this check →Control8 focused guides
Choose the Right Data-Control Route
Match your goal to an in-app setting, support request or formal rights request.
Open this check →Delete Chat vs Delete Account
Distinguish removing one message, a conversation, a companion profile and the whole account.
Open this check →Prepare an Account and Data Deletion Request
Write a scoped request that names the account and the personal data you want addressed.
Open this check →Prepare a Personal Data Access Request
Ask what personal data is held, where it came from, why it is used and who receives it.
Open this check →Export Before Deleting an Account
Decide whether a data copy is useful before an irreversible account action.
Open this check →Correct Profile Fields and Saved Memory
Separate an editable profile field from an inferred or remembered detail that needs a different route.
Open this check →Check Training and Secondary-Use Controls
Find what the current policy says about service improvement, model development and other uses beyond your immediate request.
Open this check →Check Sale, Sharing and Sensitive-Data Controls
Locate opt-out and limit choices that may depend on your jurisdiction.
Open this check →Evidence2 focused guides
Understand Retention, Backups and Exceptions
Interpret retention language without promising immediate or complete erasure.
Open this check →What to Do After a Suspected Privacy Incident
Protect the account, preserve useful evidence and contact the right party.
Open this check →Compare2 focused guides
Compare AI Companion Data Controls
Compare services using dated public evidence instead of a vague “private” label.
Open this check →Candy AI Data-Control Review
Apply the same public-evidence checklist to Candy AI without implying affiliation or hands-on account testing.
Open this check →METHOD SOURCES
The framework starts with public guidance.
These sources support the homepage method. Product-specific pages separately label provider statements and the date checked.
- NIST Privacy Frameworkgovernment standard · checked August 21, 2026
- U.S. FTC companion-chatbot inquirygovernment · checked August 21, 2026
- OWASP sensitive-information guidanceindependent standard · checked August 21, 2026
OPTIONAL SERVICE CASE STUDY
See the checklist applied to Candy AI.
We review dated public product and policy material. We do not claim a private account test, certification, complete deletion or guaranteed confidentiality.
Read the independent case study