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Permitted disclosure of Confidential Information to Affiliates and contractors

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Zendesk

(ii) as necessary to comply with an order or subpoena of any administrative agency or court of competent jurisdiction; or (iii) as reasonably necessary to comply with any applicable law or regulation.

Cohere

in the case of Cohere, to potential assignees, acquirers or successors of Cohere if and to the extent such persons need to know such Confidential Information in connection with a potential sale, merger, amalgamation or other corporate transaction...

Harvey AI

Harvey may not share Usage Data that includes Your Confidential Information with a third party... except (i) in accordance with Section 11.6 (Confidentiality) of this Agreement, or (ii) to the extent the Usage Data is aggregated and anonymized such that You cannot be identified.

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Recipient may disclose Confidential Information only to its Affiliates, employees, contractors, and agents who have a need to know and who are bound by confidentiality obligations at least as restrictive...

Excerpt from OpenAI's Business Terms

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Document information
Document
OpenAI Business Terms
Entity
OpenAI
Date stated by the document
Jan. 1, 2026
As printed in OpenAI’s text (version CA-V-005893), not a ConductAtlas date.
Tracking information
First captured by ConductAtlas
May 11, 2026
Text quoted from version
CA-V-005893, captured Aug. 19, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-060005
Document ID
CA-D-000755
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Extracted-text SHA-256 (version CA-V-005893)
1cc366f826c69516bc259f5ee292276978dd55241531317edd17557ff0a256bf
Analysis generated
July 9, 2026 03:44 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
✓ Excerpt found in version CA-V-005893, captured Aug. 19, 2026 (checked Oct. 5, 2026)
Citation Record
Entity: OpenAI
Document: OpenAI Business Terms
Record ID: CA-P-060005
Version: CA-V-005893
Captured: 2026-08-19 00:04:46 UTC
SHA-256: 1cc366f826c69516…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/openai/openai-business-terms/provision/CA-P-060005/permitted-disclosure-of-confidential-information-to-affiliates-and-contractors/
Accessed: Nov. 10, 2026
Permanent archival reference. Stable identifier suitable for legal filings, compliance documentation, and research citation.
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What does OpenAI's Permitted disclosure of Confidential Information to Affiliates and contractors clause do?

The clause states: “Recipient may disclose Confidential Information only to its Affiliates, employees, contractors, and agents who have a need to know and who are bound by confidentiality obligations at least as restrictive...”

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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