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This provision authorizes OpenAI to use the content you submit, which may include personal information, business data, or sensitive communications, for a range of service-related purposes including model improvement, subject to the limitations in the Privacy Policy.
Interpretive note: The practical scope of 'improve our Services' is not fully defined; the extent to which this covers ongoing model training versus operational improvement depends on interpretation of the Privacy Policy, which is incorporated by reference.
The agreement states that content submitted to OpenAI services may be used to provide and improve services, which may include AI model training depending on applicable settings and account type. European users retain GDPR-based rights to access, correct, and delete personal data held by OpenAI, and the EU contracting entity is OpenAI Ireland Limited. You can exercise data subject rights including deletion and data export through OpenAI's privacy request portal at https://privacy.openai.com.
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"By using our Services, you grant OpenAI a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use, reproduce, modify, distribute, and create derivative works of your Content to provide, maintain, and improve our Services and as otherwise permitted in our Privacy Policy.— Excerpt from OpenAI's OpenAI EU Terms of Use
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This provision authorizes OpenAI to use the content you submit, which may include personal information, business data, or sensitive communications, for a range of service-related purposes including model improvement, subject to the limitations in the Privacy Policy.
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