If you live in the EU or UK, you have formal legal rights to see, correct, delete, and export your OpenAI personal data, and to object to how it is processed.
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The clause operationalizes statutory obligations under GDPR and UK data protection law by explicitly enumerating the mechanisms through which EEA and UK users may exercise their rights against the controller, thereby establishing OpenAI's procedural framework for handling data subject requests.
The updated policy explicitly discloses that OpenAI receives information from advertisers and other data partners for Free and Go users, and uses this data to personalize ads and measure ad effectiveness. The policy now states that Free and Go users can control what data OpenAI uses to personalize ads through advertising controls in account settings. This represents clarified disclosure of an existing practice rather than a new authorization.
View change record →The updated privacy policy now explicitly states that OpenAI receives information from advertisers and other data partners, which is used to personalize ads shown to Free and Go users and to measure the effectiveness of those ads. For example, the policy notes that OpenAI could receive information about purchases users make from advertisers. The policy now includes a dedicated section on ad personalization and measurement as a primary use of personal data for these user tiers. You can manage what data OpenAI uses for ad personalization by accessing the advertising controls in your account settings or by using the Data Controls option.
View change record →The updated policy now explicitly authorizes OpenAI to promote products and services to users through direct marketing on third-party properties and to share limited information with select marketing partners (who are not service providers) to support these efforts. The policy states that some marketing partners may receive information through cookies and similar technologies. The revised terms establish that these marketing practices are subject to user choices and controls, with additional information and opt-out options available. You can make choices about the use of your information for third-party product promotion purposes through controls referenced in the policy.
View change record →EEA and UK users can submit requests to access or delete their OpenAI data by contacting dsar@openai.com, with OpenAI obligated under GDPR to respond within one month of the request.
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"If you are located in the EEA or UK, you have the following rights under applicable data protection law: Access: You can request a copy of the personal data we hold about you. Correction: You can ask us to correct inaccurate data. Deletion: You can ask us to delete your personal data. Portability: You can request a machine-readable copy of your personal data. Restriction: You can ask us to restrict how we process your personal data. Objection: You can object to our processing of your personal data. Withdrawing consent: You can withdraw your consent at any time where we rely on consent as our legal basis.Excerpt from OpenAI's Privacy Policy
(1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: This provision reflects obligations under GDPR Articles 15-22 and the UK GDPR.
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The clause operationalizes statutory obligations under GDPR and UK data protection law by explicitly enumerating the mechanisms through which EEA and UK users may exercise their rights against the controller, thereby establishing OpenAI's procedural framework for handling data subject requests.
EEA and UK users can submit requests to access or delete their OpenAI data by contacting dsar@openai.com, with OpenAI obligated under GDPR to respond within one month of the request.
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