European AI Companions

The ones listed here are established in the EU, Switzerland or the UK and are therefore bound by GDPR or its national equivalent. In practice that means you can request a copy of your conversations, ask for deletion, and the provider has to tell you what it keeps and for how long — obligations that do not automatically apply to a US-hosted app.

European providers generally have to obtain a legal basis before using personal conversations for model training, and most default to not doing it. Always check the privacy policy: the relevant question is whether training is opt-in or opt-out, and whether the setting is honoured retroactively.

Yes. Under GDPR you have a right to erasure, and every provider on this page offers deletion either in-app or on request. Note that deletion of backups can lag by days rather than being instant — the policy should say how long.

Character.AI is a US company, so your conversations sit under US jurisdiction and are reachable via instruments like the CLOUD Act. It also applies fairly aggressive content filtering that many users find inconsistent. European alternatives give you EU jurisdiction and, in most cases, clearer rules about what is and is not allowed.