By using our Services, you agree to our Privacy Policy, Usage Policies, and Sharing & Publication Policy, which are incorporated into these Terms by reference.
Incorporating multiple separate policy documents by reference means the full scope of your legal obligations and OpenAI's data rights are spread across at least four distinct documents, making it practically difficult for consumers to understand the complete terms of their agreement.
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.