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No Use of Personal Output for High-Stakes Decisions

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Why it matters (compliance & governance perspective)

This prohibition limits the use of AI-generated Output in high-stakes decisions that directly affect individuals' legal rights or material circumstances, reducing the risk of harm from automated or AI-assisted determinations.

Interpretive note: The excerpt is truncated after 'insurance'; further listed categories may be present in the full document but cannot be stated.

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

Users are prohibited from applying Output about a person to any purpose that could have a legal or material impact on that person, including the listed categories of decisions.

How other platforms handle this

Anthropic Medium

Request a review of decisions made solely based on automated processing of personal data.

Instacart Medium

AI outputs may be incomplete, inaccurate, outdated, inappropriate, or inconsistent and may change over time. They are not a substitute for professional advice...You are responsible for your use of Outputs...

Walmart Medium

the Output from the Generative AI Features may not be unique across users, and the Generative AI Features may generate or return the same or similar Output to Walmart or a third party

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▸ View Original Clause Language DOCUMENT RECORD
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You must not use any Output relating to a person for any purpose that could have a legal or material impact on that person, such as making credit, educational, employment, housing, insurance...

— Excerpt from OpenAI's OpenAI EU Terms of Use

Applicable regulations

EU AI Act
European Union
California AB 2013 AI Training Data Transparency
US-CA
Colorado AI Act
US-CO
EU AI Act - High Risk Provisions
EU
GDPR
European Union
Texas AI Act
Texas, USA
Trump Executive Order on AI Policy Framework
US
UK GDPR
United Kingdom

Provision details

Document information
Document
OpenAI EU Terms of Use
Entity
OpenAI
Document last updated
May 11, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
July 9, 2026
Last verified
July 9, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-059328
Document ID
CA-D-00756
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
86ae292930d3782298e0436c053164660e09a9df37ec6ce35eccab5f9a771aa6
Analysis generated
July 9, 2026 04:09 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
✓ Snapshot stored   ✓ Hash verified
Citation Record
Entity: OpenAI
Document: OpenAI EU Terms of Use
Record ID: CA-P-059328
Captured: 2026-07-09 04:09:20 UTC
SHA-256: 86ae292930d37822…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/openai/openai-eu-terms-of-use/provision/CA-P-059328/no-use-of-personal-output-for-high-stakes-decisions/
Accessed: July 13, 2026
Permanent archival reference. Stable identifier suitable for legal filings, compliance documentation, and research citation.
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High
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does OpenAI's No Use of Personal Output for High-Stakes Decisions clause do?

This prohibition limits the use of AI-generated Output in high-stakes decisions that directly affect individuals' legal rights or material circumstances, reducing the risk of harm from automated or AI-assisted determinations.

How does this clause affect you?

Users are prohibited from applying Output about a person to any purpose that could have a legal or material impact on that person, including the listed categories of decisions.

How many platforms have this type of clause?

ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 215 platforms. See the full comparison.

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