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This clause establishes a verification mechanism that allows Customers to assess OpenAI's adherence to data protection requirements through independent audit rights. The provision allocates audit costs to the Customer while establishing procedural guardrails around confidentiality, timing, and scope of examination.
Interpretive note: The extent to which cost-at-customer-expense audit conditions are compatible with GDPR Article 28(3)(h)'s mandatory audit rights may depend on interpretation by individual supervisory authorities.
This provision does not directly affect individual end users, as audit rights are exercised by business Customers or their designated auditors rather than by individual users of OpenAI services. The clause establishes obligations and procedures that apply between OpenAI and its enterprise customers regarding compliance verification.
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"OpenAI will make available to Customer information necessary to demonstrate compliance with the obligations in this DPA and will allow for and contribute to audits, including inspections, conducted by Customer or an auditor mandated by Customer. OpenAI may require that such audits be conducted subject to reasonable confidentiality obligations, at the Customer's expense, and on reasonable prior notice.— Excerpt from OpenAI's OpenAI Data Processing Addendum
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This clause establishes a verification mechanism that allows Customers to assess OpenAI's adherence to data protection requirements through independent audit rights. The provision allocates audit costs to the Customer while establishing procedural guardrails around confidentiality, timing, and scope of examination.
This provision does not directly affect individual end users, as audit rights are exercised by business Customers or their designated auditors rather than by individual users of OpenAI services. The clause establishes obligations and procedures that apply between OpenAI and its enterprise customers regarding compliance verification.
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