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The provision operationalizes cross-border data flows necessary for service delivery while establishing a compliance framework requiring legally valid transfer mechanisms. This addresses the jurisdictional reality that service infrastructure and vendor relationships span multiple data protection regulatory regimes.
Users' personal data will be processed and stored across multiple jurisdictions, including countries outside the user's home jurisdiction, subject to the data protections stated in the privacy policy. OpenAI's obligation to use legally valid transfer mechanisms defines the procedural standards for such transfers.
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"OpenAI processes your Personal Data for the purposes described in this policy on servers located in various jurisdictions, including processing and storing your Personal Data in our facilities and servers in the United States, or in countries or territories where our affiliates and partners or our vendors and service providers are located. While data protection law varies by country, we apply the protections described in this policy to your Personal Data regardless of where it is processed, and only transfer that data pursuant to legally valid transfer mechanisms.— Excerpt from OpenAI's Privacy Policy (ROW)
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The provision operationalizes cross-border data flows necessary for service delivery while establishing a compliance framework requiring legally valid transfer mechanisms. This addresses the jurisdictional reality that service infrastructure and vendor relationships span multiple data protection regulatory regimes.
Users' personal data will be processed and stored across multiple jurisdictions, including countries outside the user's home jurisdiction, subject to the data protections stated in the privacy policy. OpenAI's obligation to use legally valid transfer mechanisms defines the procedural standards for such transfers.
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