How PolicyPeek checks AI tools

PolicyPeek reads an AI tool's own published policy, pulls out a few facts with an AI model, and applies the same fixed rules to every tool to choose a badge. Some results are checked by a person before they go live; others publish automatically. It's free to use, and it isn't legal advice.

What PolicyPeek checks

For each tool, PolicyPeek fetches the privacy policy or terms the tool publishes itself and records:

• whether the policy says your data is used to train AI models;
• whether it describes a way to opt out of that training;
• what it says about how long your data is kept;
• whether it mentions GDPR;
• the policy wording those answers come from, quoted on the tool's page with a link to the source.

How a verdict is made

1. AI extraction. An AI model (Anthropic's Claude Haiku) reads the policy text and reports only the facts above. It doesn't pick the badge.
2. Fixed rules. The badge comes from the facts by the same rules for every tool: no training → "Doesn't train on your data"; training with an opt-out → "Trains by default, you can opt out"; training with no opt-out found → "Trains on your data, no opt-out"; the policy doesn't say → "Policy unclear". A policy that only covers a whole company is marked "Company-wide policy", and a site with no sign of being an AI product is marked "Not an AI tool".
3. Human review, for the cases that need it. A person checks the result before it goes live when it's a good verdict for a tool that's new to the site, when a recheck would change a tool's existing badge, when a fact needed for the badge is missing, when the policy came from an archived copy instead of the live page, or when the entry was curated by hand. Other results publish automatically. Each tool page says whether a person reviewed it.

How often tools are rechecked

Once a day, PolicyPeek rechecks up to 3 published tools whose verdict was last confirmed more than 30 days ago, most overdue first. A recheck that would change a badge waits for a person. Each tool page shows the date it was last checked, so look at that date: policies change.

It's free

Looking up any tool in the catalog is free, with no account. Asking PolicyPeek to check a new site is free too, limited to one new check a day per visitor.

Not legal advice

PolicyPeek reports what a company's own published policy says. It isn't legal advice or a finding that a tool does or doesn't comply with GDPR or any other law. If it matters, read the linked policy yourself or ask a qualified adviser.

More detail on the badges: how a rating gets made. Browse all tools.