Upon termination of the agreement, customers are required to permanently delete all Licensed Materials and copies; Licensed Materials are treated as part of the Services and subject to the same disclaimers and liability limitations.
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This provision establishes a mandatory permanent deletion obligation for all locally installed or customer-managed Licensed Materials upon termination, and subjects those materials to the Services' liability limitation framework rather than any separate warranty or indemnification regime.
The updated terms establish new licensing provisions for customers who download and install software components (Licensed Materials) on their own systems. Under the revised terms, OpenAI grants a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to install and use Licensed Materials solely in connection with the Services, but customers may not modify, redistribute, or sublicense the materials. Upon termination of service, customers must permanently delete the Licensed Materials. Additionally, OpenAI introduced a new ChatGPT Sites feature for creating and publishing websites, with use governed by separate ChatGPT Sites Terms. You can review the ChatGPT Sites Terms via the referenced link to understand specific conditions for website creation and maintenance.
View change record →Under this clause, customers who have downloaded and installed Licensed Materials such as software, packages, or containers on their own systems must permanently delete all copies upon termination of the agreement. The agreement treats Licensed Materials as subject to the same disclaimers and liability limitations as the broader Services.
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Compare across platforms →"Upon termination, you must permanently delete the Licensed Materials and all copies thereof. The Licensed Materials are considered a part of the Services and subject to the disclaimers and limitations of liability set forth therein.Excerpt from OpenAI's Service Terms
(1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: This provision engages data governance and software asset management obligations, particularly in regulated industries where data retention or audit trail requirements may interact with the permanent deletion mandate.
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This provision establishes a mandatory permanent deletion obligation for all locally installed or customer-managed Licensed Materials upon termination, and subjects those materials to the Services' liability limitation framework rather than any separate warranty or indemnification regime.
Under this clause, customers who have downloaded and installed Licensed Materials such as software, packages, or containers on their own systems must permanently delete all copies upon termination of the agreement. The agreement treats Licensed Materials as subject to the same disclaimers and liability limitations as the broader Services.
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