Accounts created using organizational email addresses may be transferred to the organization's business account, after which the organization's administrator gains the ability to access account Content and control or restrict the user's access.
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This provision establishes a mechanism by which an organization can obtain administrative access to employee accounts and their Content, including chat history and inputs. The notice requirement is qualified by whether the organization has already provided its own notice, which may limit the practical disclosure provided directly by OpenAI.
This provision allows organizations to seize control of employee accounts created with corporate email addresses, raising significant privacy and autonomy concerns for individual users.
View full change record →Under this clause, accounts registered with an organizational email address may be transferred to employer control, enabling the organization's administrator to access Content and restrict account access. OpenAI states it will provide notice to facilitate the transfer unless the organization has already given its own notice to the user.
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Compare across platforms →"Corporate domains. If you create an account using an email address owned by an organisation (for example, your employer), that account may be added to the organisation's business account with us, in which case we will provide notice to you so that you can help facilitate the transfer of your account (unless your organisation has already provided notice to you that it may monitor and control your account). Once your account is transferred, the organisation's administrator will be able to control your account, including being able to access Content (defined below) and restrict or remove your access to the account.Excerpt from OpenAI's EU Terms of Use
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This provision establishes a mechanism by which an organization can obtain administrative access to employee accounts and their Content, including chat history and inputs. The notice requirement is qualified by whether the organization has already provided its own notice, which may limit the practical disclosure provided directly by OpenAI.
Under this clause, accounts registered with an organizational email address may be transferred to employer control, enabling the organization's administrator to access Content and restrict account access. OpenAI states it will provide notice to facilitate the transfer unless the organization has already given its own notice to the user.
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