CA-C-001990
OpenAI β€” OpenAI Privacy Policy
Entity
Date detected
May 11, 2026
Severity
Changes
+6 sentences added · −2 sentences removed · 10 sentences modified
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Event Summary

OpenAI updated their OpenAI Privacy Policy on May 11, 2026. Change detected: 6 sentence(s) added, 2 sentence(s) removed, 10 sentence(s) modified. Document contained 155 sentences after update.

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Evidence Verification

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Previous Version
d60bda7f8d0eab6be0066d8e4ddab4adac41f1b8d71c2f1b986414f95e8939c3
May 9, 2026 01:33 UTC
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Current Version
40861e6992f0f3861f3e9a148e8f21a02c5a21126423a5cf455bde0cfd7ab586
May 11, 2026 17:32 UTC
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Change Detected
May 11, 2026 17:32 UTC
Analysis Methodology
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Source Document
https://openai.com/policies/privacy-policy
Citation Record
Entity: OpenAI
Document: OpenAI Privacy Policy
Record ID: CA-C-001990
Captured: 2026-05-11 17:32:34 UTC
URL: https://conductatlas.com/change/2026-05-11-openai-openai-privacy-policy-1990/
Accessed: May 15, 2026
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Document
OpenAI Privacy Policy
Entity
OpenAI
Captured
May 11, 2026
Source URL
https://openai.com/policies/privacy-policy
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Next change May 14, 2026
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