OpenAI · Privacy Policy (ROW)

Business Transfer / Acquisition Clause

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What it is

We may share or transfer your Personal Data in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business by another company.

Why it matters

A new owner acquiring OpenAI could have different privacy practices or business models, and your data would automatically transfer without your explicit consent.

Consumer impact

OpenAI collects extensive personal data including conversation content, audio and image inputs, device identifiers, location data, and usage logs across all its services, and may use this data to train AI models unless users opt out. This creates a meaningful privacy risk because sensitive information shared in conversations — health queries, financial details, personal communications — could indirectly influence model outputs. You can opt out of conversation data being used for AI training by navigating to Settings > Data Controls in your ChatGPT account and disabling 'Improve the model for everyone'.

Applicable agencies

  • FTC
    The FTC reviews acquisitions involving large data assets and can require acquirers to honor predecessor companies' privacy promises under Section 5 of the FTC Act.
    File a complaint →

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Privacy Policy (ROW)
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OpenAI
Document last updated
March 5, 2026
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March 10, 2026
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CA-P-001986
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Entity: OpenAI | Document: Privacy Policy (ROW) | Record: CA-P-001986
Captured: 2026-03-10 03:38:17 UTC | SHA-256: f3c083059dff1a3f…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/openai/privacy-policy-row/business-transfer-acquisition-clause/
Accessed: April 4, 2026
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