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June 12, 2026
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OpenAI updated its privacy policy on June 12, 2026 to restructure how it describes data use and advertising practices. The policy removed language stating that OpenAI receives information from advertisers and data partners for measuring ad effectiveness on Free and Go users, while adding new regional guidance for South Korean users. The policy also added explicit language authorizing OpenAI to identify contacts who use its services and to monitor content for fraud prevention, previously buried in separate documentation. Separately, the policy removed a specific mechanism allowing Free and Go users to control personalized ad data through account settings.
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June 12, 2026
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OpenAI updated their OpenAI Privacy Policy on June 12, 2026. Change detected: 18 sentence(s) added, 1 sentence(s) removed, 11 sentence(s) modified. Document contained 169 sentences after update.
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June 9, 2026
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OpenAI updated its privacy policy on June 9, 2026, removing specific language about ad personalization controls for Free and Go users while adding language directing Korean users to a separate Korea Addendum. The policy previously stated that Free and Go users could control ad personalization through account settings; this language is no longer present. The updated policy continues to permit ad targeting and measurement for Free and Go users but no longer explicitly describes the user-facing controls that were previously available to manage this practice.
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June 8, 2026
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OpenAI updated their OpenAI Privacy Policy on June 08, 2026. Change detected: 2 sentence(s) modified. Document contained 156 sentences after update.
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June 7, 2026
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OpenAI updated their OpenAI Privacy Policy on June 07, 2026. Change detected: 7 sentence(s) added, 2 sentence(s) removed, 10 sentence(s) modified. Document contained 156 sentences after update.
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May 27, 2026
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OpenAI removed specific language about collecting advertiser data for ad targeting on free and paid tiers, but simultaneously removed user-facing controls for managing ad personalization. The policy now consolidates ad-related purposes under broader direct marketing language without explicitly describing data sources or granular user controls. This represents a net shift from specific ad-targeting disclosure toward more general marketing authority.
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May 23, 2026
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OpenAI updated the language selector in their Privacy Policy header on May 23, 2026. The change modified the spelling and formatting of several language names and codes in the multilingual option list (for example, Armenian changed from 'Armenian' to 'հայերեն', Icelandic from 'Icelandic' to 'íslenska', and Somali from 'Somali' to 'Soomaali'). This is a formatting and localization adjustment to the language selection interface with no operational change to the privacy policy content itself.
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May 19, 2026
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OpenAI modified two sentences in its US Privacy Policy on May 19, 2026. The document timestamp was updated from April 30, 2026 to May 18, 2026. More substantially, the opt-out mechanism for users who are not logged in was expanded: users can now opt out either through a new 'Settings > Data Controls' option within ChatGPT or through the existing 'Your Privacy Choices' link on the website.
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May 14, 2026
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OpenAI updated its privacy request procedures on May 14, 2026. Previously, the policy stated users could exercise privacy rights by submitting requests through privacy.openai.com or dsar@openai.com. The updated language now describes the four substantive privacy rights themselves—access, deletion, correction, and freedom from retaliation—rather than the submission mechanism. This shifts the policy from procedural instruction to rights enumeration, establishing explicit recognition of these privacy protections.
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May 11, 2026
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OpenAI updated its privacy policy on May 11, 2026 to explicitly authorize the collection and use of advertiser data from partners and to create a new ad personalization purpose for Free and Go users. The policy previously described ad effectiveness measurement without explicitly stating that OpenAI receives purchase information from advertisers or that it personalizes ads based on this data. The updated language now discloses these practices and provides Free and Go users with account settings to control ad personalization.
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May 9, 2026
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OpenAI's Privacy Policy was updated on May 9, 2026 with a single language modification in the document header. The change added Persian (فارسی) to the list of available language options for the policy. This is a formatting and localization update with no material change to the substantive privacy protections, data practices, or user rights outlined in the policy.
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May 5, 2026
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OpenAI removed language describing advertiser data partnerships and ad personalization controls for free users, while also removing the specific statement that free and go users could control ad personalization through account settings. The policy now presents a more general framework for direct marketing and promotional efforts. Additionally, OpenAI added a reference to a Korea Addendum for users in the Republic of Korea and changed the document title from 'US privacy policy' to 'Privacy policy'.
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May 2, 2026
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OpenAI added a new statement clarifying that sensitive data is not processed to infer characteristics about users. The policy also changed how users who are not logged in can exercise privacy choices, replacing a reference to 'Manage Cookies' with 'Your Privacy Choices' as the tool for opting out of data processing.
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May 1, 2026
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OpenAI updated its Privacy Policy on May 1, 2026 to add explicit language about direct marketing to users and disclosure of data sharing with marketing partners. The policy now states that OpenAI will promote products and services to users through direct marketing on third-party properties, subject to user choices and controls. Additionally, the policy introduces a new category called 'Vendors, Service Providers, and Marketing Partners,' specifying that OpenAI shares limited information with select marketing partners who are not traditional service providers to help promote products and assess marketing effectiveness. Users can now make choices about the use of their information for third-party product promotion purposes.
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April 22, 2026
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OpenAI removed language describing a separate category of marketing partners and the cookie-based data sharing practices used with those partners. The updated policy now consolidates all third-party recipients under a single "Vendors and Service Providers" category and removes explicit disclosure of cookie-based marketing partner data sharing. Separately, language stating that OpenAI does not process sensitive data for inferring characteristics about users has been deleted.
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March 10, 2026
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March 6, 2026
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