The policy states that personal data may be aggregated or de-identified and used for analytics, service improvement, and research, and that OpenAI commits to maintaining de-identified data in that form without attempting re-identification except as legally required.
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Under this clause, personal data that has been de-identified prior to a user's deletion request may not be subject to deletion, as the policy states in the retention section that data already de-identified and disassociated from an account when used for model improvement may persist after account deletion.
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The policy states that personal data may be aggregated or de-identified and used for analytics, service improvement, and research, and that OpenAI commits to maintaining de-identified data in that form without attempting re-identification except as legally required.
Under this clause, personal data that has been de-identified prior to a user's deletion request may not be subject to deletion, as the policy states in the retention section that data already de-identified and disassociated from an account when used for model improvement may persist after account deletion.
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