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The provision operationalizes data transfer compliance under EU data protection frameworks by specifying the contractual mechanism (Standard Contractual Clauses) that governs the lawfulness of moving personal data outside the EEA to a jurisdiction with different data protection standards.
Interpretive note: The document does not specify whether OpenAI relies on the EU-US Data Privacy Framework or SCCs as its primary transfer mechanism; compliance teams should confirm the current mechanism directly with OpenAI.
Users from the EEA, UK, and Switzerland acknowledge that their personal data will be processed in the United States under Standard Contractual Clauses, which serve as the binding mechanism for such transfers. The terms apply as written upon continued use of the service.
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"By using our Services, you acknowledge that your personal data may be transferred to and processed in the United States, where data protection laws may differ from those in your country. We rely on Standard Contractual Clauses approved by the European Commission as the legal mechanism for transferring personal data from the EEA, UK, and Switzerland to the United States.— Excerpt from OpenAI's OpenAI EU Terms of Use
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The provision operationalizes data transfer compliance under EU data protection frameworks by specifying the contractual mechanism (Standard Contractual Clauses) that governs the lawfulness of moving personal data outside the EEA to a jurisdiction with different data protection standards.
Users from the EEA, UK, and Switzerland acknowledge that their personal data will be processed in the United States under Standard Contractual Clauses, which serve as the binding mechanism for such transfers. The terms apply as written upon continued use of the service.
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