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Business Transfer / Acquisition Data Sharing

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What it is

If we are involved in a merger, acquisition, financing, reorganization, bankruptcy, or sale of our assets, your information may be transferred as part of that transaction.

Why it matters

A change of ownership could mean your personal data ends up with a company with very different privacy practices, and you may have limited ability to prevent this.

Consumer impact

OpenAI collects your chat inputs and outputs, usage data, device identifiers, and location information when you use ChatGPT or other OpenAI services, and may use this data to train its AI models. Human employees may also review your conversations for safety and quality purposes, meaning your chats are not entirely private. You can opt out of having your data used for AI model training by submitting a request at privacy.openai.com/data-controls.

Applicable agencies

  • FTC
    The FTC has authority to challenge deceptive post-acquisition data practices that materially differ from representations made at time of collection.
    File a complaint →

Provision details

Document information
Document
OpenAI Privacy Policy
Entity
OpenAI
Document last updated
March 24, 2026
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First tracked
March 6, 2026
Last verified
April 4, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-002008
Document ID
CA-D-00010
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Entity: OpenAI | Document: OpenAI Privacy Policy | Record: CA-P-002008
Captured: 2026-03-06 20:23:45 UTC | SHA-256: 90ad72975ac0d9d8…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/openai/openai-privacy-policy/business-transfer-acquisition-data-sharing/
Accessed: April 4, 2026
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