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Business Transaction Data Transfer

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Why it matters (compliance & governance perspective)

Personal Data may be shared with external parties in corporate or financial proceedings, which are circumstances outside a user's control.

Interpretive note: The excerpt is truncated and may contain additional conditions or protections (e.g., confidentiality obligations on counterparties) not visible in the provided text. Only the disclosed proposition is stated.

Clause Stability Stable

0
Changes
4
Months Monitored
May 12, 2026
First Seen
Jul 10, 2026
Last Seen
This clause type exists across 4463 other provisions on other platforms.

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

Your Personal Data may be disclosed to unknown third-party counterparties without your consent if OpenAI undergoes certain business or legal proceedings.

How other platforms handle this

Squarespace Medium

If we're involved in a reorganization, merger, acquisition, sale of some or all of our assets or other business transaction, depending on the circumstances, we may disclose any of the information described in Section 2 above...

Lime Medium

if you are accessing and using Lime Services under a corporate account...you acknowledge and agree that Lime may share certain of your usage information with whomever provided you with access to the Lime Services

Google Gemini Medium

Gemini Apps may share your precise location data with another Google service, like Google Maps, to fulfill your request.

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▸ View Original Clause Language DOCUMENT RECORD
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If we are involved in strategic transactions, reorganization, bankruptcy, receivership, or transition of service to another provider...your Personal Data may be disclosed in the diligence process with counterparties

— Excerpt from OpenAI's Privacy Policy (ROW)

Applicable regulations

BIPA
Illinois, USA
CCPA/CPRA
California, USA
Connecticut Data Privacy Act Amendments
US-CT
CAN-SPAM
United States Federal
FTC Act Section 5
United States Federal
GDPR
European Union
Indiana Consumer Data Protection Act
US-IN
Kentucky Consumer Data Protection Act
US-KY
UK GDPR
United Kingdom
Universal Opt-Out Mechanism Expansion 2026
US

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
July 9, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-011112
Document ID
CA-D-00006
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
0d4e62bf4eda61a32184e00eb5fb60bdf91b933dbfa28a82e1a6dab349128337
Analysis generated
March 10, 2026 03:38 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
✓ Snapshot stored   ✓ Hash verified
Citation Record
Entity: OpenAI
Document: Privacy Policy (ROW)
Record ID: CA-P-011112
Captured: 2026-03-10 03:38:17 UTC
SHA-256: 0d4e62bf4eda61a3…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/openai/privacy-policy-row/provision/CA-P-011112/business-transaction-data-transfer/
Accessed: July 13, 2026
Permanent archival reference. Stable identifier suitable for legal filings, compliance documentation, and research citation.
Classification
Severity
High
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does OpenAI's Business Transaction Data Transfer clause do?

Personal Data may be shared with external parties in corporate or financial proceedings, which are circumstances outside a user's control.

How does this clause affect you?

Your Personal Data may be disclosed to unknown third-party counterparties without your consent if OpenAI undergoes certain business or legal proceedings.

How many platforms have this type of clause?

ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 290 platforms. See the full comparison.

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