OpenAI · Privacy Policy (ROW)

Data Collection from Third-Party Sources

Medium severity
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Why it matters (compliance & risk perspective)

OpenAI can build a profile about you using data from data brokers and public sources even if you have never used ChatGPT yourself, which is a significant and often overlooked privacy risk.

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

OpenAI collects a wide range of personal data including your conversation content, device identifiers, location, and information from third-party sources, and may use this data to train its AI models. Users who do not opt out may have their personal conversations — including sensitive topics discussed with ChatGPT — incorporated into future model training. You can opt out of model training by going to your ChatGPT account Settings > Data Controls and disabling 'Improve the model for everyone.'

How other platforms handle this

Netflix Medium

From Partners whose products and services you use: We may collect the following categories of personal information... [Netflix collects data from billing partners, device manufacturers, internet service providers, and voice assistant platforms about user activity and interactions].

Amazon Medium

To enable our systems to recognize your browser or device and to provide and improve Amazon Services, we use cookies and other identifiers. For more information about cookies and how we use them, please read our Cookies Notice.

TaskRabbit Medium

We rely on our legitimate interests or those of a third party where they are not outweighed by your interests and fundamental rights, to process the following information: Contact Information, Identity Information, User-Generated Content Information, Booking Information, Job Applicant Information – ...

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We may receive Personal Data about you from other sources, including: Third-Party Services: If you connect third-party services or sign in using third-party accounts (such as Google), we may receive information about you from those services, like your name and email address. Data Providers: We may receive Personal Data from data providers, including publicly available databases, data brokers, marketing partners, and other third parties. Other Users and Operators: Other users may provide information about you when they use our services.

Applicable regulations

EU AI Act
European Union
BIPA
Illinois, USA
CCPA/CPRA
California, USA
COPPA
United States Federal
CAN-SPAM
United States Federal
DMA
European Union
FCRA
United States Federal
GDPR
European Union
GLBA
United States Federal
HIPAA
United States Federal
TCPA
United States Federal
UK GDPR
United Kingdom

Provision details

Document information
Document
Privacy Policy (ROW)
Entity
OpenAI
Document last updated
March 5, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
March 10, 2026
Last verified
April 27, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-002441
Document ID
CA-D-00006
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
SHA-256
f3c083059dff1a3f26f2ce10f0072ca60f38c6921517ae6dd07e528e4bfc7ce2
Verified
✓ Snapshot stored   ✓ Change verified
How to Cite
ConductAtlas Policy Archive
Entity: OpenAI | Document: Privacy Policy (ROW) | Record: CA-P-002441
Captured: 2026-03-10 03:38:17 UTC | SHA-256: f3c083059dff1a3f…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/openai/privacy-policy-row/data-collection-from-third-party-sources/
Accessed: May 4, 2026
Classification
Severity
Medium
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What does OpenAI's Data Collection from Third-Party Sources clause do?

OpenAI can build a profile about you using data from data brokers and public sources even if you have never used ChatGPT yourself, which is a significant and often overlooked privacy risk.

How many platforms have this type of clause?

ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 1 platforms. See the full comparison.

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