If you are located in the European Union, you should review our EU Terms of Use, which apply to you instead of these terms and provide information about your additional rights under EU law.
This provision creates a two-tier system where EU residents receive stronger legal protections under GDPR-compliant terms, while consumers in other regions (including the US, UK, and rest of world) are subject to terms with fewer mandatory protections — a disparity that is legally permissible but disadvantageous for non-EU users.
OpenAI's Terms of Use affect consumers primarily through the default permission for OpenAI to use conversation data — including prompts and AI outputs — to improve its AI models, which means sensitive or personal information shared with ChatGPT may be retained and analyzed beyond the immediate session. Minors under 13 are prohibited from using the services, and those aged 13–17 require verifiable parental consent, but the adequacy of age verification mechanisms is not detailed in the terms themselves. You can opt out of having your conversations used for model training by navigating to your ChatGPT account settings and disabling the 'Improve the model for everyone' toggle.