OpenAI · OpenAI Privacy Policy

Disclosure to Third Parties and Service Providers

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What it is

OpenAI shares your personal data with a wide range of outside companies for services like payments and marketing, and will hand over your data to government authorities when legally required.

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

Your personal data is shared with third-party service providers for marketing, analytics, payment processing, and other purposes, and may be disclosed to law enforcement or national security agencies without your knowledge or consent upon receipt of valid legal process.

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Why it matters (compliance & risk perspective)

Your personal data — including conversation history — may be shared with numerous third-party service providers, and OpenAI will comply with government data requests including for national security purposes without necessarily notifying you.

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We may share your Personal Information with third-party vendors and service providers that perform services on our behalf, such as payment processing, data analysis, email delivery, hosting services, customer service, and marketing assistance. We may also disclose your Personal Information to comply with applicable law or a valid legal process, including lawful requests by public authorities to meet national security or law enforcement requirements.

Institutional analysis (Compliance & legal intelligence)

(1) REGULATORY FRAMEWORK: This provision implicates CCPA/CPRA §§1798.110, 1798.115 (disclosure of categories of third-party recipients); FTC Act Section 5 for adequate disclosure of data sharing; Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA, 18 U.S.C. §2701 et seq.) and the Stored Communications Act (18 U.S.C. §2703) governing government access to stored communications; National Security Letter authority (18 U.S.C. §2709); and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA, 50 U.S.C. §1801) for national security data requests. The FTC, DOJ, and relevant state AGs have enforcement jurisdiction. (2)

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Applicable agencies

  • FTC
    The FTC enforces against inadequate disclosure of third-party data sharing under FTC Act Section 5 and has authority over commercial data broker and marketing data sharing practices.
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  • State AG
    State AGs enforce CCPA/CPRA rights to know which third parties received personal information, and can bring actions for inadequate disclosure of data sharing practices.
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Provision details

Document information
Document
OpenAI Privacy Policy
Entity
OpenAI
Document last updated
March 24, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
April 27, 2026
Last verified
April 27, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-003161
Document ID
CA-D-00010
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Entity: OpenAI | Document: OpenAI Privacy Policy | Record: CA-P-003161
Captured: 2026-04-27 09:30:04 UTC | SHA-256: 8d0fc75b2591d6a0…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/openai/openai-privacy-policy/disclosure-to-third-parties-and-service-providers/
Accessed: April 29, 2026
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