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By adopting the statutory definitions of 'sell' and 'share,' this prohibition is scoped to the specific legal meanings under U.S. Privacy Laws and the CCPA, which have distinct legal significance for consumer data rights.
Interpretive note: The excerpt is a fragment beginning with 'not'; the operative subject and verb of the prohibition are not quoted but the prohibition itself is clear from the quoted language.
Customers' Personal Data may not be sold as defined by U.S. Privacy Laws or shared as defined by the CCPA.
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"not "sell" (as such term is defined by U.S. Privacy Laws) or "share" (as such term is defined by the CCPA) Personal Data...Excerpt from OpenAI's Data Processing Addendum
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By adopting the statutory definitions of 'sell' and 'share,' this prohibition is scoped to the specific legal meanings under U.S. Privacy Laws and the CCPA, which have distinct legal significance for consumer data rights.
Customers' Personal Data may not be sold as defined by U.S. Privacy Laws or shared as defined by the CCPA.
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