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Claude Cowork

Agent Safeguards 5/10 Policy grade B10/12

Anthropic · GA · Generally available on macOS and Windows, 9 Apr 2026 · Generally available on paid plans · last verified 15 Oct 2026 · next review due 13 Jan 2027

Platforms: Desktop (macOS, Windows), web, iOS, Android, Chrome side panel · Price: Paid Claude plans (Pro, Max, Team, Enterprise) · Regions: No region limits stated · Where it runs: A sandbox on Anthropic’s servers, destroyed when the session ends

What it can do as you

FilesConnectorsScreenWeb logins

Agent Safeguards

5/10

What Anthropic says about how Claude Cowork handles the access you give it. The five scores add up to a number out of 10, with no label.

1

A1Logins

The default built-in browser “remembers your logins across Cowork sessions”, with no stated delete control or expiry. The 1Password path and cloud tokens stay out of the model’s view.

Claude Help — Use the built-in browser in Claude Cowork ↗ · stated · accessed 12 Oct 2026
0

A2Capturetraining by default

Screenshots “become part of the conversation”, and the binding privacy policy trains on conversations “unless you opt out”: training by default. The privacy policy controls over the help article.

Anthropic — Privacy Policy ↗ · stated · accessed 12 Oct 2026
2

A3Memory

Each memory can be edited or deleted under Settings > Memory, memory can be paused, reset or turned off per task, and deleted memory follows chat retention (30 days).

Claude Help — Chat search and memory ↗ · stated · accessed 12 Oct 2026
1

A4Where it runs

Runs on Anthropic’s servers in a per-session sandbox “created when the session starts and destroyed when it ends”.

Claude Help — How Cowork runs ↗ · stated · accessed 12 Oct 2026
1

A5Exit

One agent per user, so the test is account closure. Export exists (“Export your Cowork data”; “All memory data is included in data exports”), and deletion is complete (“Deleting your account is permanent”), but no Anthropic page states how long data takes to leave its systems after account deletion. The only 30-day timeline covers deleted conversations.

Anthropic Privacy Center — Deleting Claude accounts ↗ · stated · accessed 13 Oct 2026

Policy grade

10/12

Read from Anthropic’s consumer privacy policy and help pages, the policy that governs Claude Cowork.

2Access
2Portability
1Friction
2Deletion
2Sells
1Trains AI

Policy grade for Claude Cowork: B10/12, the same as Anthropic’s own grade. Anthropic’s report card →

Timeline

  • Research preview on macOS for Max
  • Generally available on macOS and Windows
  • Cowork on the web and mobile
  • Claude in Chrome side panel renamed Claude Cowork
  • Memory comes to cloud Cowork
  • Cowork and chat merge into one Claude
  • New Pro and Max sessions run in the cloud

Every cell is stated: read from Anthropic’s published pages, not tested by us. Spot an error? Tell us. How agents are graded →