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Comparing OpenAI vs Google-Gemini · Data Retention provisions
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Compare data retention governance provisions between OpenAI and Google-Gemini. Provisions are extracted from monitored governance documents and classified by severity.

ai OpenAI OpenAI must return or delete Customer Data after termination
High
What it means
This clause establishes that Customer Data does not automatically disappear upon termination—it depends on Customer instruction—and that legal retention obligations can override the return or deletion obligation.
Consumer impact
Customers must actively instruct OpenAI to return or delete their Customer Data after the Agreement ends; OpenAI is not required to act without that instruction, and applicable law may require OpenAI to retain certain data regardless.
Opt-out available
No opt-out available
Actual clause text
Following expiry or termination of the Agreement, OpenAI will, at Customer's instruction, return or delete Customer Data, and existing copies unless retention of Customer Data is required under applicable laws...
AI-extracted from source document. Verify against original for legal use.
CA-P-061521
Recent changes

OpenAI's GPT-5.5 System Card was updated in an update detected on September 2, 2026. The updated do…

OpenAI's GPT-5 System Card was updated in an update detected on September 2, 2026. Two sentences we…

OpenAI's Frontier Governance Framework page was revised in an update detected on September 2, 2026.…

Google-Gemini
No Data Retention clause found in our archive for this platform.
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Stripe's arbitration clause is narrower than Amazon's in one key respect: it includes a small claims court carve-out that Amazon's clause does not. PayPal's clause is the most aggressive of the three, explicitly waiving jury trial rights in addition to class action rights. From a compliance perspective, Amazon presents the lowest risk for B2B contracts while PayPal creates the highest exposure for consumer-facing applications subject to CFPB oversight.
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