diff --git a/hermes_cli/auth.py b/hermes_cli/auth.py
index 502f23f892..f9c4c0f4bd 100644
--- a/hermes_cli/auth.py
+++ b/hermes_cli/auth.py
@@ -7495,6 +7495,43 @@ def _confirm_expensive_model_selection(
     return response in {"y", "yes"}
 
 
+def _confirm_data_policy_selection(
+    model_id: str,
+    *,
+    provider: str = "",
+    base_url: str = "",
+) -> bool:
+    """Prompt before saving a model whose tier trains on your prompts/completions.
+
+    Mirrors :func:`_confirm_expensive_model_selection`. Keyed on the model id
+    (e.g. Meta's ``-contributor`` tier), so it is not gated on a known provider.
+    Returns True to proceed, False to cancel.
+    """
+    try:
+        from hermes_cli.model_data_policy_guard import data_training_warning
+
+        warning = data_training_warning(
+            model_id,
+            provider=provider,
+            base_url=base_url,
+        )
+    except Exception:
+        warning = None
+    if warning is None:
+        return True
+
+    print()
+    print("=" * 72)
+    print(warning.message)
+    print("=" * 72)
+    try:
+        response = input("Use this data-training tier anyway? [y/N]: ").strip().lower()
+    except (KeyboardInterrupt, EOFError):
+        print()
+        return False
+    return response in {"y", "yes"}
+
+
 def _prompt_model_selection(
     model_ids: List[str],
     current_model: str = "",
@@ -7534,6 +7571,15 @@ def _prompt_model_selection(
             api_key=confirm_api_key,
         ):
             return None
+        # Data-policy guard runs regardless of provider (it keys on the model
+        # id, e.g. a "-contributor" training tier), so it is NOT gated on
+        # confirm_provider like the cost guard above.
+        if not _confirm_data_policy_selection(
+            mid,
+            provider=confirm_provider,
+            base_url=confirm_base_url,
+        ):
+            return None
         return mid
 
     # Reorder: current model first, then the rest (deduplicated)
diff --git a/hermes_cli/model_data_policy_guard.py b/hermes_cli/model_data_policy_guard.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6cb86991dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hermes_cli/model_data_policy_guard.py
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+"""Data-policy confirmation helpers for model selection surfaces.
+
+Some inference tiers are cheap *because* the vendor trains future models on your
+prompts and completions. Selecting one for the low price without realising the
+data trade-off is a real footgun. This guard mirrors
+``hermes_cli.model_cost_guard`` — it returns a warning payload that the CLI and
+web model-selection flows surface as an explicit confirm step.
+
+Why a static table (not a ProviderProfile hook): the guard runs inside core
+selection code (``auth.py`` / ``web_server.py``), which never calls into the
+active provider profile for a selection-time warning. Keeping the rule set here
+also means it renders regardless of which provider plugin happens to be loaded,
+and it stays testable without importing arbitrary third-party plugin code into
+the selection path.
+
+The status is NOT machine-readable anywhere today: neither models.dev nor the
+Meta ``/v1/models`` payload exposes a training/retention flag (verified
+2026-08-07). The only reliable signals are the vendor-documented model id and
+its anomalously low pricing, so the rule keys on the id.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from dataclasses import dataclass
+from typing import Callable, Optional
+
+
+@dataclass(frozen=True)
+class DataTrainingWarning:
+    """Confirmation payload for models whose tier trains on user data."""
+
+    model: str
+    provider: str
+    message: str
+
+
+# ── Rule table ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+# Each rule: (human label, predicate over (model_lower, provider_lower), message).
+# Extensible — new data-collection tiers from other vendors slot in here without
+# touching the call sites. Predicates are intentionally conservative: match an
+# explicit, vendor-documented id rather than guessing from price alone (price is
+# only a corroborating signal and can change).
+
+def _is_meta_contributor(model_lower: str, provider_lower: str) -> bool:
+    # Meta Model API "contributor" tier (muse-spark-1.2-contributor and any
+    # future -contributor checkpoints). Match on the id suffix; do not require a
+    # specific provider id so it fires whether selected via the meta-ai plugin,
+    # a gateway, or a custom endpoint that serves the same model id.
+    return model_lower.endswith("-contributor") or "contributor" in model_lower.split("-")
+
+
+_META_CONTRIBUTOR_MESSAGE = (
+    "!!! CONTRIBUTOR TIER — TRAINS ON YOUR DATA !!!\n"
+    "\n"
+    "muse-spark-1.2-contributor is Meta's contributor tier: heavily discounted\n"
+    "token pricing in exchange for permission to use your prompts and completions\n"
+    "to train future Meta models.\n"
+    "\n"
+    "  Price per 1M tokens:  input $0.10  |  output $0.20  |  cached input $0.002\n"
+    "  (vs. standard muse-spark-1.2:  input $1.25  |  output $4.25  |  cached $0.15)\n"
+    "\n"
+    "It lowers the barrier to entry for prototyping, testing integrations, and\n"
+    "scaling experiments where training on your data is acceptable. Do NOT use it\n"
+    "for confidential, proprietary, personal, or otherwise sensitive data. For the\n"
+    "same model at standard pricing with no training on your data, select the\n"
+    "standard variant, muse-spark-1.2.\n"
+    "\n"
+    "Source: https://dev.meta.ai/docs/pricing-rate-limits/\n"
+    "Confirm only if training on your prompts and completions is acceptable."
+)
+
+
+# (predicate, message) pairs, evaluated in order; first match wins.
+_RULES: tuple[tuple[Callable[[str, str], bool], str], ...] = (
+    (_is_meta_contributor, _META_CONTRIBUTOR_MESSAGE),
+)
+
+
+def data_training_warning(
+    model_name: str,
+    *,
+    provider: Optional[str] = None,
+    base_url: Optional[str] = None,  # noqa: ARG001 — reserved for host-scoped rules
+) -> Optional[DataTrainingWarning]:
+    """Return a warning payload when *model_name* selects a data-training tier.
+
+    Returns ``None`` when no rule matches (the common case). Callers should run
+    this after model resolution so aliases / provider-specific ids have settled,
+    and surface ``.message`` as a confirm prompt.
+    """
+    model = (model_name or "").strip()
+    if not model:
+        return None
+    model_lower = model.lower()
+    provider_lower = (provider or "").strip().lower()
+
+    for predicate, message in _RULES:
+        try:
+            if predicate(model_lower, provider_lower):
+                return DataTrainingWarning(
+                    model=model,
+                    provider=(provider or "").strip(),
+                    message=message,
+                )
+        except Exception:
+            # A misbehaving predicate must never break model selection.
+            continue
+    return None
diff --git a/tests/hermes_cli/test_model_data_policy_guard.py b/tests/hermes_cli/test_model_data_policy_guard.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..493ccd4bb8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/hermes_cli/test_model_data_policy_guard.py
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+"""Tests for the data-training-tier selection guard."""
+
+from hermes_cli.model_data_policy_guard import (
+    DataTrainingWarning,
+    data_training_warning,
+)
+
+
+def test_fires_on_meta_contributor():
+    w = data_training_warning("muse-spark-1.2-contributor", provider="meta-ai")
+    assert isinstance(w, DataTrainingWarning)
+    assert w.model == "muse-spark-1.2-contributor"
+    assert "train" in w.message.lower()
+    assert "muse-spark-1.2" in w.message  # points to the no-training alternative
+    # Aligns with Meta's own pricing doc language + figures.
+    assert "$0.10" in w.message and "$0.20" in w.message and "$0.002" in w.message
+    assert "prompts and completions" in w.message.lower()
+    assert "dev.meta.ai/docs/pricing-rate-limits" in w.message
+
+
+def test_silent_on_non_contributor_muse():
+    assert data_training_warning("muse-spark-1.2", provider="meta-ai") is None
+    assert data_training_warning("muse-spark-1.1", provider="meta-ai") is None
+
+
+def test_silent_on_unrelated_models():
+    for m in ("anthropic/claude-opus-4.8", "gpt-5.6-sol", "deepseek-v4-pro", ""):
+        assert data_training_warning(m, provider="anthropic") is None
+
+
+def test_fires_regardless_of_provider_string():
+    # id-keyed: must fire even if selected via custom/gateway (no meta-ai provider)
+    assert data_training_warning("muse-spark-1.2-contributor", provider="custom") is not None
+    assert data_training_warning("muse-spark-1.2-contributor") is not None
+
+
+def test_case_insensitive():
+    assert data_training_warning("MUSE-SPARK-1.2-CONTRIBUTOR", provider="meta-ai") is not None