Accounts created using organizational email addresses may be transferred to the organization's business account, after which the organization's administrator gains control over the account including access to Content and the ability to restrict or remove user access. OpenAI states it will provide notice to the user prior to transfer unless the organization has already done so.
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This provision establishes that organizational email-based accounts are subject to potential employer or organizational administrator control, including access to user-generated Content. The notice obligation is qualified by the carve-out for situations where the organization has already notified the user.
⚠ If an organizational email is used to create an account, the account may be transferred to organizational control as described, with administrator access to Content and potential restriction of user access
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Compare across platforms →"Corporate domains. If you create an account using an email address owned by an organization (for example, your employer), that account may be added to the organization's business account with us, in which case we will provide notice to you so that you can help facilitate the transfer of your account (unless your organization has already provided notice to you that it may monitor and control your account). Once your account is transferred, the organization's administrator will be able to control your account, including being able to access Content (defined below) and restrict or remove your access to the account.Excerpt from OpenAI's Terms of Use
(1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: This provision engages employee privacy frameworks including state wiretapping and electronic communications statutes, and in the EU, GDPR provisions regarding employee data and employer access to work communications.
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This provision establishes that organizational email-based accounts are subject to potential employer or organizational administrator control, including access to user-generated Content. The notice obligation is qualified by the carve-out for situations where the organization has already notified the user.
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