Legal and compliance

 
 ## Compliance
 
-When using Google Cloud's Agent Platform or Amazon Bedrock, conversation content is sent only to your configured inference endpoint and stored on the local device; data handling is governed by [Google Cloud](https://cloud.google.com/vertex-ai/generative-ai/docs/data-governance) and [Amazon Bedrock](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/bedrock/latest/userguide/data-protection.html) respectively, and the compliance posture of your deployment is determined by your inference provider and the device environment you control. When using Microsoft Foundry, Anthropic acts as an independent processor for Microsoft and customers are subject to Anthropic's data use terms; for deployments hosted on Azure, prompts and completions remain within Azure; only usage metadata and content flagged by Anthropic's safety systems egress to Anthropic. See the [Overview](/docs/third-party/claude-desktop/overview) for the architecture and the provider-specific data path.
+When using Google Cloud's Agent Platform or Amazon Bedrock, the app sends conversation content only to your configured inference endpoint and stores it on the local device. Data handling at the endpoint is governed by [Google Cloud](https://cloud.google.com/vertex-ai/generative-ai/docs/data-governance) and [Amazon Bedrock](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/bedrock/latest/userguide/data-protection.html) respectively, and the compliance posture of your deployment is determined by your inference provider and the device environment you control.
 
+When using Microsoft Foundry, the app also sends conversation content only to your configured inference endpoint and stores it on the local device.
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+Microsoft Foundry offers Claude models in two hosting options, Hosted on Azure and Hosted on Anthropic, and you choose one when you configure the model deployment in Microsoft Foundry. Under both options, Anthropic operates the Claude models and handles conversation data as an independent processor for Microsoft. Your use of Claude through Microsoft Foundry is subject to Anthropic's data use terms.
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+Deployments hosted on Azure run inference in an Anthropic-operated service on Azure infrastructure, not in your Azure tenant, and prompts and completions remain within Azure. The only data the service sends out of Azure to Anthropic is usage metadata and any content that Anthropic's safety systems flag. Deployments hosted on Anthropic send prompts and completions to Anthropic's own infrastructure for inference. See [hosting options for Claude in Microsoft Foundry](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/build-with-claude/claude-in-microsoft-foundry#hosting-options) for details.
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+See the [Overview](/docs/third-party/claude-desktop/overview) for the architecture and [Data handling by provider](/docs/third-party/claude-desktop/overview#data-handling-by-provider) for each provider's data path.
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 For Anthropic's certifications and compliance reports, see the [Anthropic Trust Center](https://trust.anthropic.com).
 
-For HIPAA, see [HIPAA](/docs/third-party/claude-desktop/overview#hipaa) on the Overview page. When using Google Cloud's Agent Platform or Amazon Bedrock, Anthropic does not interact with PHI; the BAA relationship is between you and your cloud service provider, and any remote MCP servers you connect should be reviewed for HIPAA compliance.
+For HIPAA, see [HIPAA](/docs/third-party/claude-desktop/overview#hipaa) on the Overview page. For Google Cloud's Agent Platform and Amazon Bedrock, Anthropic does not interact with PHI; the BAA relationship is between you and your cloud service provider, and any remote MCP servers you connect need your own HIPAA review. For Microsoft Foundry, HIPAA readiness (Anthropic's arrangement of a signed BAA plus safeguards for processing PHI) is not available, as described under [What HIPAA readiness does not cover](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/manage-claude/api-and-data-retention#what-hipaa-readiness-does-not-cover) in the Claude API documentation.
 
 ## Usage policy