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OpenAI's enforcement action—suspension, termination, or account deletion—is triggered by OpenAI's own determination of a breach, placing the adjudicative role with OpenAI.
Interpretive note: The excerpt ends with 'You breached these Terms or our Usage Policies' following a colon, strongly implying additional listed triggers exist but were not included in the provided excerpt. The canonical claim is limited to the one explicitly quoted trigger.
If OpenAI determines you breached its Terms or Usage Policies, you may lose access to the Services or have your account deleted.
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"We reserve the right to suspend or terminate your access to our Services or delete your account if we determine: You breached these Terms or our Usage Policies.Excerpt from OpenAI's Terms of Use (ROW)
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OpenAI's enforcement action—suspension, termination, or account deletion—is triggered by OpenAI's own determination of a breach, placing the adjudicative role with OpenAI.
If OpenAI determines you breached its Terms or Usage Policies, you may lose access to the Services or have your account deleted.
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