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Opt-in data sharing enables model training

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Why it matters (compliance & governance perspective)

Model training on user data is conditioned on explicit opt-in, meaning passive use of the service does not authorize training; affirmative user action is required.

Recent Activity

This document changed recently

Medium May 28, 2026

The updated terms establish that workspace admins, rather than individual end users, control how long workspace conversation data is retained and authorize admins to view, access, export, and delete end user conversations. Previously, the policy stated that each user controlled whether their conversations were retained and that only end users could view their own conversations. The revised terms also permit OpenAI to retain deleted or unsaved conversations beyond the standard 30-day deletion window if retention is required by law or reasonably necessary to protect OpenAI's services or third parties from harm. Workspace users should review their organization's data governance policies to understand what access and retention practices their admins have implemented.

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Consumer impact (what this means for users)

Your data will only be used to train OpenAI's models if you have explicitly opted in to share it for the purpose of improving OpenAI's services.

How other platforms handle this

MyFitnessPal Medium

We use your personal information to send you newsletters and other promotional communications, including information about MyFitnessPal's new offerings, features, offers, events, webinars, and other information.

Lyft Medium

We may infer certain information from your interactions with the Lyft Platform and other personal information available to us. For example, if you frequently ride to or from airports, we may infer you are a frequent traveler.

Square Medium

we may use this information to make it easier for you to find the people you want to send payments to, for account and identity verification and fraud prevention purposes, to reduce the risk you will send payments to the wrong person, or to provide other personalized services.

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If you have explicitly opted in to share your data with us...to improve our services, then we may use the shared data to train our models.

— Excerpt from OpenAI's OpenAI API Data Usage Policies

Applicable regulations

EU AI Act
European Union
BIPA
Illinois, USA
CCPA/CPRA
California, USA
Colorado AI Act
US-CO
CAN-SPAM
United States Federal
ePrivacy Directive
European Union
EU AI Act - High Risk Provisions
EU
FTC Act Section 5
United States Federal
GDPR
European Union
UK GDPR
United Kingdom

Provision details

Document information
Document
OpenAI API Data Usage Policies
Entity
OpenAI
Document last updated
May 12, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
July 9, 2026
Last verified
July 9, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-061190
Document ID
CA-D-00789
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
1ae7d9fa2dca070b64ed5b07ad1ec3806fc650d1cfbfeddb552af548e6be6663
Analysis generated
July 9, 2026 03:33 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
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Citation Record
Entity: OpenAI
Document: OpenAI API Data Usage Policies
Record ID: CA-P-061190
Captured: 2026-07-09 03:33:57 UTC
SHA-256: 1ae7d9fa2dca070b…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/openai/openai-api-data-usage-policies/provision/CA-P-061190/opt-in-data-sharing-enables-model-training/
Accessed: July 12, 2026
Permanent archival reference. Stable identifier suitable for legal filings, compliance documentation, and research citation.
Classification
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High
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does OpenAI's Opt-in data sharing enables model training clause do?

Model training on user data is conditioned on explicit opt-in, meaning passive use of the service does not authorize training; affirmative user action is required.

How does this clause affect you?

Your data will only be used to train OpenAI's models if you have explicitly opted in to share it for the purpose of improving OpenAI's services.

How many platforms have this type of clause?

ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 280 platforms. See the full comparison.

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