If you share feedback or suggestions about OpenAI's services, OpenAI can use that feedback freely without compensating you or seeking further permission.
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This provision means that ideas, improvement suggestions, or feature requests submitted by users can be incorporated into OpenAI's products without attribution, payment, or acknowledgment.
User feedback submitted about OpenAI's services, including suggestions for product improvements, is licensed to OpenAI without restriction or compensation; users retain no rights over how their feedback is used.
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"We may use any feedback, comments, or suggestions you provide about our Services without any obligation to you.— Excerpt from OpenAI's Terms of Use (ROW)
REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: Feedback license provisions are standard in technology platform agreements and generally do not engage specific regulatory frameworks unless the feedback contains personal data, in which case GDPR processing obligations may apply. The FTC's standards on unfair or deceptive practices are not typically triggered by standard feedback license clauses. GOVERNANCE EXPOSURE: Low. This is a standard provision in consumer technology agreements and does not create unusual compliance exposure in most contexts. Enterprise customers should be cautious about submitting proprietary information as feedback, as the license grants OpenAI use rights over such submissions. JURISDICTION FLAGS: No jurisdiction-specific heightened exposure identified for this provision in isolation. EU users submitting feedback containing personal data should be aware that such data is subject to GDPR processing obligations. CONTRACT AND VENDOR IMPLICATIONS: Enterprise users should train their employees to avoid including confidential or proprietary business information in feedback submissions to OpenAI, as the license granted is unrestricted. COMPLIANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Compliance teams may want to include guidance in internal policies about what types of information employees should not include in feedback submitted to AI service providers.
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This provision means that ideas, improvement suggestions, or feature requests submitted by users can be incorporated into OpenAI's products without attribution, payment, or acknowledgment.
User feedback submitted about OpenAI's services, including suggestions for product improvements, is licensed to OpenAI without restriction or compensation; users retain no rights over how their feedback is used.
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