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OpenAI's 'service provider' and 'processor' statuses carry specific legal protections and obligations; losing those statuses could expose OpenAI to greater regulatory liability and affect the legal framework governing data processing.
Interpretive note: The excerpt is a fragment and does not include the operative verb or subject of the prohibition; the canonical claim infers that this is a restriction on Customer conduct based on context, but the full operative language is not quoted.
Customers are required to refrain from any conduct that could cause OpenAI to lose its designated legal classification under the CCPA or U.S. Privacy Laws.
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OpenAI's 'service provider' and 'processor' statuses carry specific legal protections and obligations; losing those statuses could expose OpenAI to greater regulatory liability and affect the legal framework governing data processing.
Customers are required to refrain from any conduct that could cause OpenAI to lose its designated legal classification under the CCPA or U.S. Privacy Laws.
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