AI assistants
Venice privacy rating
AI chat and image generation service that proxies prompts to open and third-party models, keeping conversation history only in the browser.
Summary
Venice scores 42 out of 100 (grade D) on the AI assistants criteria. It meets 4 of 12 criteria: no ads or data sales, TLS configuration, no training on your data and limited chat retention. It partly meets security headers and no account needed. It does not meet open source, no trackers or telemetry, independent audit, transparency report, tells users about requests and runs locally. It is based in the United States: Five Eyes member; subject to the US CLOUD Act. Automated tests: SSL Labs grade A+ and Mozilla HTTP Observatory grade B+.
Score 42 out of 100. How scoring works
Criteria
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No
No trackers or telemetry Weight 3 of 3
Are the website and apps free of third-party trackers, with any analytics anonymous and any telemetry off by default?
The privacy policy lists Google Analytics and third-party analytics and advertising partners.
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Yes
No ads or data sales Weight 2 of 3
Is the product funded without advertising, ad targeting or selling user data?
Funded by Pro subscriptions and API sales, with no ads in the service.
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No
Independent audit Weight 2 of 3
Has an independent security or privacy audit been published within the last three years?
No independent audit is published.
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No
Transparency report Weight 2 of 3
Does the provider regularly publish how many government and legal requests it receives and how it responds?
No transparency report or government request policy is published.
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No
Tells users about requests Weight 1 of 3
Does the provider promise to tell users about requests for their data, unless a court forbids it?
No published policy on notifying users about data requests.
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Yes
No training on your data Weight 3 of 3
Are prompts, chats and files kept out of model training by default?
In the default Private mode, prompts are not stored by Venice or its inference providers. Anonymous mode sends prompts to third-party providers that may keep them.
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No
Runs locally Weight 2 of 3
Can the assistant run on your own device or server, so prompts never leave it?
Hosted only.
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Yes
Limited chat retention Weight 2 of 3
Are chats deleted by default or on request, with no long-term server copy?
Conversation history is stored only on the device, and prompts are relayed without being stored.
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Partial
No account needed Weight 1 of 3
Can it be used without an account or personal details?
Venice can be used without an account, with limits.
Automated tests
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Yes
TLS configuration Weight 2 of 3
Does the website pass the Qualys SSL Labs test with a grade of A or better?
Grade A+
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Partial
Security headers Weight 1 of 3
Does the website pass the Mozilla HTTP Observatory test with a grade of A or better?
Grade B+ (80/100+)
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Not tested yet
Modern web standards Weight 1 of 3
Does the website score 90% or higher on the Internet.nl website test?
Not tested yet.