Privacy Policy (ROW)

This is OpenAI's privacy policy explaining how they collect and use your personal data when you use ChatGPT, the API, and other OpenAI products. The most important thing to know is that your conversations with ChatGPT may be used to train OpenAI's AI models unless you actively opt out through your account settings. You can turn off model training in your ChatGPT account under Settings > Data Controls > Improve the model for everyone.

This document is OpenAI's global Privacy Policy (updated February 6, 2026), governing the collection, use, and disclosure of personal data by OpenAI, L.L.C. for users outside the EEA, UK, Switzerland, and the United States, with legal bases including contractual necessity, legitimate interests, and consent depending on jurisdiction. The policy creates obligations for OpenAI to provide data subject rights (access, deletion, correction, portability, opt-out of training) and imposes obligations on users to provide accurate information, while authorizing broad data collection including conversation content, device identifiers, location data, and third-party sourced personal information used to train AI models. A notable deviation from industry standard is OpenAI's explicit disclosure that user-submitted content — including conversations with ChatGPT — may be used to train AI models, with opt-out available but not default; additionally, OpenAI discloses sharing personal data with affiliates, vendors, law enforcement, and business transaction counterparties in broad terms. The policy engages GDPR (with a separate EEA policy), CCPA/CPRA for California residents, and various U.S. state privacy laws (Colorado, Connecticut, Virginia, Texas, Oregon), with material compliance considerations including the adequacy of consent mechanisms for AI training data use and the sufficiency of opt-out mechanisms under state law.