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·Updated: 24 August 2026
·(Previous version)
·For individuals outside the European Economic Area, United Kingdom, and Switzerland, you can read this version of our Privacy Policy.
·At OpenAI, our mission is to ensure that artificial general intelligence benefits everyone. We build tools like ChatGPT to help people learn, create, and solve problems. We at OpenAI (together with our affiliates, "OpenAI", "we", "our" or "us") are committed to respecting your privacy and are strongly committed to keeping secure any information we obtain from you or about you. This Privacy Policy describes our practices with respect to personal data that we collect from or about you, and how we use it when you use our website, applications, and services (collectively, "Services").
·This Privacy Policy does not apply to content that we process on behalf of customers of our business offerings, such as our API. Our use of that data is governed by our customer agreements covering access to and use of those offerings.
·For information about how we collect and use training information to develop our language models that power ChatGPT and other Services, and your choices with respect to that information, please see this policy as well as this help center article(opens in a new window).
·We collect personal data relating to you ("Personal Data") as follows:
·Personal Data You Provide: We collect Personal Data if you create an account to use our Services or communicate with us as follows:
·Personal Data We Receive from Your Use of the Services: When you visit, use, or interact with the Services, we receive the following information about your visit, use, or interactions:
·Information We Receive from Other Sources: We receive information from other sources, such as our trusted security and safety partners to protect safety and prevent fraud, abuse, and other threats to our Services, and from marketing vendors who provide us with information about potential customers of our business services.
·We receive information from advertisers and other data partners, which we use for purposes described in this Policy including to help us measure and improve the effectiveness of our Services, including to help us show more relevant ads to Free and Go users on our Services. For example, we could receive information about purchases you make from these advertisers.
·We also collect information from other sources, like information that is publicly available on the internet, to develop the models that power our Services. For more information on the sources of information used to develop the models that power ChatGPT and other Services, please see this help center article(opens in a new window).
·We use Personal Data for the following purposes:
·We also aggregate or de-identify Personal Data so that it no longer identifies you and use this information for the purposes described above, such as to analyze the way our Services are being used, to improve and add features to them, and to conduct research. We will maintain and use de-identified information in de-identified form and not attempt to reidentify the information, unless required by law.
·As noted above, we may use Content you provide us to improve our Services, for example to train the models that power ChatGPT. Read our instructions(opens in a new window) on how you can opt out of our use of your Content to train our models.
·We disclose your Personal Data in the following circumstances:
·We also aggregate or de-identify Personal Data so that it no longer identifies you and share it with third parties for the purposes described above, such as to help improve our Services.
·We'll retain your Personal Data for only as long as we need in order to provide our Services to you, or for other legitimate business purposes such as resolving disputes, safety and security reasons, or complying with our legal obligations. How long we retain Personal Data depends on the type of data, how we use it, and in many cases your settings:
·In determining these retention periods, we consider a number of factors, such as:
·Our Services provide you with a number of controls over your Personal Data and how it is used and retained. You can always change these settings in your account. These include the following controls:
·You can find more information on data controls here(opens in a new window) and by visiting privacy@openai.com
·You have the following statutory rights in relation to your Personal Data:
·You have the following rights to object:
·You can exercise some of these rights through your OpenAI account using the tools described in the Data controls section. If you are unable to exercise your rights through your account, please submit your request through privacy.openai.com(opens in a new window) or send it to dsar@openai.com. If you have any other concerns regarding our processing of your Personal Data, you can write to us at privacy@openai.com.
·We hope that we are able to address any questions or concerns you may have. If you have any unresolved complaints with us or our Data Protection Officer:
·A note about accuracy: Services like ChatGPT generate responses by reading a user's request and, in response, predicting the words most likely to appear next. In some cases, the words most likely to appear next may not be the most factually accurate. For this reason, you should not rely on the factual accuracy of output from our models.
·If you notice that ChatGPT output contains factually inaccurate information about you and you would like to request a correction or removal of the information, you can submit these requests through privacy.openai.com or to dsar@openai.com, and we will consider your request based on applicable law and the technical capabilities of our models.
·For information on how to exercise your rights with respect to data we have collected from the internet to train our models, please see this notice(opens in a new window).
·Our Services are not directed to, or intended for, children under 13. We do not knowingly collect Personal Data from children under 13. If you have reason to believe that a child under 13 has provided Personal Data to OpenAI through the Services, please email us at privacy@openai.com. We will investigate any notification and, if appropriate, delete the Personal Data from our systems. Users under 18 must have permission from their parent or guardian to use our Services. Learn more(opens in a new window) about how teens and parents or guardians can choose to link their accounts.
·We implement commercially reasonable technical, administrative, and organizational measures designed to protect Personal Data from loss, misuse, and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. However, no Internet or email transmission is ever fully secure or error free. Therefore, you should take special care in deciding what information you provide to the Services. In addition, we are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the Service, or third-party websites.
·The Personal Data we process, the purposes for which we process it, and the legal bases on which we rely depend on how you use our Services, the features and settings you choose, and the circumstances of the processing. The table below provides more information about these purposes, the categories of Personal Data involved, and the applicable legal bases.
·In some circumstances, we may ask for your consent to process Personal Data for a specific purpose. Where we rely on consent, you may withdraw your consent at any time.
| Purpose of processing | Type of Personal Data processed, depending on the processing activity | Legal basis, depending on the process activity |
|---|---|---|
| To provide, analyse, and maintain our ServicesFor example,We use your email address and password to authenticate your login.We use your payment card details to process subscription charges or purchases on ChatGPT.We use your prompts and other Content to provide you with responses.We conduct analytics, measurement, and other types of analysis to understand how our Services are used, for example, we analyze usage data to ensure uptime and the reliability and safety of our Services. | Account InformationUser ContentCommunication InformationOther Information You ProvideLog DataUsage DataDevice InformationLocation InformationCookies and Similar Technologies | Where necessary to perform a contract with you, such as processing your prompts and other Content to provide a response. |
| To personalise and customise your experience across our Services for you.For example,If Memory is on, we may remember details you've shared across conversations to provide more personalised and consistent responses in future chats.Using information you add in Custom Instructions (such as "I like concise answers") to tailor how the model responds to you.Suggesting conversation topics based on subjects you've previously discussed or saved in your MemoryTo give you an age-appropriate experience. | Account InformationUser ContentOther Information You ProvideLog DataUsage DataDevice InformationLocation InformationCookies and Similar Technologies | Where necessary to perform a contract with you, such as following your Custom Instructions to respond to your prompts.Where necessary for our legitimate interests and those of third parties to provide you with a better user experience. For example, to personalise features and content or make suggestions for topics that you may be interested in.Where necessary to comply with a legal obligation (or, where not under a specific legal obligation, where necessary for our legitimate interests and those of third parties), such as to provide you with an age-appropriate experience. |
| When you provide your consent, to personalise the ads you see on our Services. For example:Where ads personalisation is available and "on", we use past chats to make the ads you see more relevant.Using information about the ads you've viewed or interacted with (for example, ads you hide or engage with) to tailor the ads you are shown.Using information provided by advertisers to serve more relevant ads.Our ads system uses the context of your current chat as well as other available information to select the most relevant ads for a given query. | Account InformationUser ContentUsage Data (including ads data)Device Information | Your consent, for Free and Go users, when we ask for it to personalize the ads you see on our Services. |
| To show you generic ads on our Services where you select the generic ads experience (where you do not have a ChatGPT Plus or Pro account and do not consent to processing for personalised advertising or choose the free, no-ads option with additional limits)For example:Using limited information (e.g. the context of your current ChatGPT chat, location and time of day) to show you ads. | Location informationTime of dayContext of the current chatDevice type | As necessary for our legitimate interests and those of third parties. For example, displaying generic ads to make powerful and safe AI accessible to everyone and to support the interests of advertisers in reaching users who might be interested in their products/services. |
| To provide measurement and reporting services to advertisers.For example, for Free and Go users we collect and use information such as the types of ad content that you view or engage with to understand on an aggregate basis how users interact with our ads. Advertisers will receive aggregate reporting, such as ad views or clicks. | Usage Data (including ads data) | Where necessary for our legitimate interests and those of third parties. For example, it is in our interest and the interests of advertisers to provide accurate reporting to enable advertisers to understand how their ads have performed. |
| To improve and develop our Services, and conduct researchFor example, If training is enabled (see your data controls here) or if you provide feedback, we use the content you share with us to help our models become more accurate and better at solving your specific problems and help improve their general capabilities and safety.We use publicly available content that is freely and openly accessible on the internet, as well as data from third-party partners, to train our models.For Free and Go users, we process your information such as the types of ad content that you view or engage with, to assess the effectiveness of our marketing and advertising efforts in order to improve ad quality. | Account InformationUser ContentCommunication InformationOther Information You ProvideInformation We Receive From Other SourcesLog DataUsage Data (including ads data)Device InformationCookies and Similar Technologies | Where necessary for our legitimate interests and those of third parties and broader society, including in developing and improving our Services, such as when we train and improve our models for everyone. See here(opens in a new window) for more information. |
| To communicate with you, including to send you information about our Services and events, and to promote our Services to you.Sending updates about feature changes or outages.Sending certain forms of marketing communications.Responding to a request you send through the Help Center.Sending surveys to ask for feedback or input about our products and services. | Account InformationCommunication InformationInformation We Receive From Other Sources Other Information You ProvideLog DataUsage DataDevice InformationCookies and Similar Technologies | Where necessary to perform a contract with you, such as processing your contact information to send you a technical announcement about the Services. Your consent when we ask for it to process your Personal Data for a specific purpose that we communicate to you.Where necessary for our legitimate interests and those of third parties, for example when sending surveys to ask for feedback, or when sending certain forms of marketing and communications. |
| To identify your contacts who use our Services when you choose to connect your contacts, and to update you if they join our Services later. | Contact DataLog DataDevice Information | Where necessary to perform a contract with you when you choose to connect your contacts on our Services.Where necessary for our legitimate interests and those of third parties, to enable you to connect your contacts and collaborate with people you may know on our Services. |
| To prevent fraud, illegal activity, or misuses of our Services, and to protect the security of our systems and ServicesFor example, Monitoring for suspicious sign-in attempts or unusual activity on your account.Using IP addresses and device identifiers to detect abuse.Retaining information about accounts that violate policies. | Account InformationUser ContentCommunication Information Other Information You ProvideInformation We Receive From Other SourcesLog DataUsage DataDevice InformationCookies and Similar Technologies | Where necessary to comply with a legal obligation.Where we are not under a specific legal obligation, where necessary for our legitimate interests and those of third parties, including in protecting our Services from abuse, fraud, or security risks, such as processing data from trusted partners to protect against fraud, abuse and security threats in our Services. |
| To comply with legal obligations and to protect the rights, privacy, safety, or property of our users, OpenAI, or third partiesFor example, Retaining billing information to comply with financial requirements.Providing information to law enforcement when required by a valid legal request.Investigating and enforcing violations of our Terms of Use, including by monitoring content submitted or exchanged on our platforms (learn more here).Taking steps to prevent harm, for example notifying parents/guardians when we detect a risk of harm to teen users with linked accounts.Estimating your age to give you an age-appropriate experience. | Account InformationUser ContentCommunication Information Other Information You ProvideInformation We Receive From Other SourcesLog DataUsage DataDevice InformationCookies and Similar Technologies | Where necessary to comply with a legal obligation, such as retaining billing information to comply with financial requirements.Where we are not under a specific legal obligation, where necessary for our legitimate interests and those of third parties and broader society, including in protecting our or our affiliates', users', or third parties' rights, safety, and property, such as analyzing log data to identify fraud and abuse in our Services.When necessary to protect the vital interests of you or another person, for example when teen safety alerts are triggered. |
·OpenAI processes your Personal Data on servers located outside of the EEA, Switzerland and the UK for the purposes described in this policy. This includes processing and storing your Personal Data in our facilities and servers in the United States or in countries or territories where our affiliates and partners or our vendors and service providers are located. While data protection law varies by country and these countries may not offer the same level of data protection as your home country, we apply the protections described in this policy to your Personal Data regardless of where it is processed. When transferring Personal Data outside of the EEA, Switzerland or the UK, we rely on valid transfer mechanisms to comply with applicable data protection law, such as:
·We rely on the European Commission's adequacy decisions(opens in a new window) and the UK Secretary of State's adequacy regulations pursuant to Article 45(1) EU and UK GDPR ("GDPR") when transferring your Personal Data to any country that has been considered to provide an adequate level of protection.
·For more information or to obtain a copy of the appropriate safeguards we have in place when transferring Personal Data, please contact us at privacy@openai.com.
·We may update this policy from time to time. When we do, we will publish an updated version and effective date on this page, unless another type of notice is required by applicable law.
·If you live in the European Economic Area (EEA) or Switzerland, OpenAI Ireland Limited, with its registered office at 1st Floor, The Liffey Trust Centre, 117-126 Sheriff Street Upper, Dublin 1, D01 YC43, Ireland, is the controller and is responsible for the processing of your Personal Data as described in this policy.
·If you live anywhere else, OpenAI OpCo, LLC, with its registered office at 1455 Third Street, San Francisco, California 94158, United States, is the controller and is responsible for the processing of your Personal Data as described in this policy.
·Please contact support(opens in a new window) if you have any questions or concerns not already addressed in this policy. Alternatively, you can write to us at privacy@openai.com or the address above under Section 12 (Data Controller).
·You can contact our Data Protection Officer at dpo@openai.com in matters related to Personal Data processing.
·How your data is used to improve model performance(opens in a new window)
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