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Third-Party Data Sourcing for Profile Building

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Why it matters (compliance & governance perspective)

This provision establishes OpenAI's practice of sourcing training data from public internet content, which is a standard operational component of large language model development. The authorization applies across all Services without requirement for individual user consent to specific data collection instances.

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

Users' continued use of the Services operates under terms that permit OpenAI to incorporate publicly available information into model training without opt-in consent per usage instance. The clause delegates detailed sourcing methodology to external documentation rather than specifying sources within the policy itself.

How other platforms handle this

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We may collect personal information about you from third parties, such as data brokers, social media platforms, and our business partners. This information may include demographic information, interests, and other information that helps us understand you better and provide you with relevant products...

Anthropic Medium

Anthropic obtains personal data from third party sources in order to train our models. Specifically, we train our models using data from the following sources: Publicly available information via the Internet; Datasets that we obtain through commercial agreements with third party businesses; Data tha...

Airtable Medium

Once the authentication is complete, we have the ability to access information you provided to us or was otherwise collected by the third-party service in accordance with the privacy practices of that third party. We will store the information and data we collect and associate it with your Airtable ...

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We also collect information from other sources, like information that is publicly available on the internet, to develop the models that power our Services. For more information on the sources of information used to develop the models that power ChatGPT and other Services, please see this help center article.

— Excerpt from OpenAI's Privacy Policy (ROW)

Applicable regulations

EU AI Act
European Union
BIPA
Illinois, USA
California AB 2013 AI Training Data Transparency
US-CA
CCPA/CPRA
California, USA
Connecticut Data Privacy Act Amendments
US-CT
CAN-SPAM
United States Federal
ePrivacy Directive
European Union
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
May 12, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-000045
Document ID
CA-D-00006
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
f3c083059dff1a3f26f2ce10f0072ca60f38c6921517ae6dd07e528e4bfc7ce2
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-000045
Captured: 2026-03-10 03:38:17 UTC
SHA-256: f3c083059dff1a3f…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/openai/privacy-policy-row/third-party-data-sourcing-for-profile-building/
Accessed: May 20, 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 Third-Party Data Sourcing for Profile Building clause do?

This provision establishes OpenAI's practice of sourcing training data from public internet content, which is a standard operational component of large language model development. The authorization applies across all Services without requirement for individual user consent to specific data collection instances.

How does this clause affect you?

Users' continued use of the Services operates under terms that permit OpenAI to incorporate publicly available information into model training without opt-in consent per usage instance. The clause delegates detailed sourcing methodology to external documentation rather than specifying sources within the policy itself.

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