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California-Specific Privacy Rights (CCPA/CPRA)

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What it is

If you live in California, you have special legal rights to control your data at OpenAI, including the right to stop your data from being sold or used for advertising and to limit use of sensitive personal information.

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Change history

added May 1, 2026

This new provision adds explicit CPRA compliance language including sensitive data limitation rights, representing alignment with 2023 California privacy law amendments not present in previous version.

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Consumer impact (what this means for users)

California residents can exercise CPRA rights including opting out of the sale or sharing of personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising, limiting use of sensitive personal information, and receiving non-discriminatory service regardless of whether they exercise these rights.

What you can do

⚠️ These actions may provide transparency or partial mitigation but may not fully address the underlying issue. Effectiveness varies by jurisdiction and individual circumstances.
  • Opt Out of Arbitration
    California residents can submit opt-out of sale/sharing requests, access requests, deletion requests, and sensitive personal information limitation requests at privacy.openai.com. Select your right type and complete the identity verification process.

Cross-platform context

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Why it matters (compliance & risk perspective)

California residents have the strongest privacy protections available to any US users of OpenAI's services, including the right to limit how sensitive personal information — like health data shared in chats — is used, which other US residents do not automatically have.

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If you are a California resident, you have the right to know what Personal Information we collect, use, disclose, and sell; the right to delete Personal Information we collected from you; the right to correct inaccurate Personal Information; the right to opt-out of the sale or sharing of your Personal Information; the right to limit the use and disclosure of your sensitive Personal Information; and the right to non-discrimination for exercising your rights. To exercise these rights, please visit our Privacy Portal at privacy.openai.com or contact us at privacy@openai.com.

Institutional analysis (Compliance & legal intelligence)

(1) REGULATORY FRAMEWORK: This provision implements CCPA/CPRA Cal. Civ. Code §§1798.100–1798.199.100, enforced by the California Privacy Protection Agency and California AG. Specific rights implicated include: right to know (§1798.110), right to delete (§1798.105), right to correct (§1798.106), right to opt-out of sale/sharing (§1798.120), right to limit SPI use (§1798.121), and non-discrimination right (§1798.125). Response deadlines are 45 days extendable to 90 days with notice. (2)

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Applicable agencies

  • State AG
    The California Attorney General and California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) have primary enforcement authority over CCPA/CPRA rights including opt-out of sale/sharing and sensitive personal information limitation rights.
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Provision details

Document information
Document
OpenAI Privacy Policy
Entity
OpenAI
Document last updated
April 29, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
April 27, 2026
Last verified
April 27, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-003162
Document ID
CA-D-00010
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Entity: OpenAI | Document: OpenAI Privacy Policy | Record: CA-P-003162
Captured: 2026-04-27 09:30:04 UTC | SHA-256: 8d0fc75b2591d6a0…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/openai/openai-privacy-policy/california-specific-privacy-rights-ccpacpra/
Accessed: May 2, 2026
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