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OpenAI explicitly recognizes user ownership of both inputs and outputs, though ownership of outputs is qualified by 'rightfully receive' and 'to the extent permitted by law,' which introduces legal conditions on that ownership.
Interpretive note: The qualifier 'to the extent permitted by law' applies expressly to output ownership. The clause does not define 'rightfully receive,' which is a legally material but undefined condition.
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.
View change record →You retain all rights to what you submit to the services, and you own what you receive back, subject to the qualifier 'rightfully receive' and applicable law.
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"you retain all rights to the inputs you provide to our services and you own any output you rightfully receive from our services to the extent permitted by law.— Excerpt from OpenAI's OpenAI API Data Usage Policies
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OpenAI explicitly recognizes user ownership of both inputs and outputs, though ownership of outputs is qualified by 'rightfully receive' and 'to the extent permitted by law,' which introduces legal conditions on that ownership.
You retain all rights to what you submit to the services, and you own what you receive back, subject to the qualifier 'rightfully receive' and applicable law.
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