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The clause establishes a default deletion timeline for API data, with the only exception being a legal retention obligation.
The updated terms shift governance of conversation access and retention from end users to workspace administrators. Under the revised policy, workspace admins can now view, access, export, and delete any end user conversations within their workspace and control how long workspace data is retained. Additionally, OpenAI now reserves the right to retain deleted or unsaved conversations beyond the standard 30-day deletion window if retention is reasonably necessary to protect its services or any third party from harm, beyond prior language that limited retention extensions to legal requirements. Within an enterprise account, end users no longer have unilateral control over conversation visibility or deletion of their own conversations.
View change record →Your API inputs and outputs will be deleted from OpenAI's systems after 30 days unless a legal requirement compels retention.
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If Customer has requested such storage of Content and Processed Content, this will be deleted 90 days after the end of the Agreement. During this period, Customer will no longer have access to this Content and Processed Content.
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"After 30 days, API inputs and outputs are removed from our systems, unless we are legally required to retain them.— Excerpt from OpenAI's OpenAI Enterprise Privacy
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The clause establishes a default deletion timeline for API data, with the only exception being a legal retention obligation.
Your API inputs and outputs will be deleted from OpenAI's systems after 30 days unless a legal requirement compels retention.
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