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Account Credential Sharing Prohibited

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ConductAtlas Analysis

Why it matters (compliance & governance perspective)

Users bear full responsibility for all account activity, including actions taken by unauthorized parties who gained access through shared credentials.

Clause Stability Stable

0
Changes
4
Months Monitored
Jul 10, 2026
First Seen
Jul 10, 2026
Last Seen
This clause type exists across 1952 other provisions on other platforms.

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

Users are prohibited from sharing credentials or granting account access to others, and remain liable for all activity under their account regardless of who performed it.

How other platforms handle this

Dropbox Medium

Don't share your account credentials or give others access to your account.

Cohere Medium

Customer will not allow any Permitted User to share the Customer User Account with any other person.

Tinder Medium

Use another user's account or share your account with another person;

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▸ View Original Clause Language DOCUMENT RECORD
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You may not share your account credentials or make your account available to anyone else and are responsible for all activities that occur under your account.

— Excerpt from OpenAI's Terms of Use (ROW)

Applicable regulations

CFAA
United States Federal

Provision details

Document information
Document
Terms of Use (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-017119
Document ID
CA-D-00007
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
https://openai.com/policies/row-terms-of-use
Wayback Machine
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Content hash (SHA-256)
88564a001002409ff9f42239d9e83c4f7b937a25bcff5d916fcd2bf3d538a58e
Analysis generated
March 10, 2026 03:31 UTC
Methodology
summarize_document-v8
Evidence
✓ Snapshot stored   ✓ Hash verified
Citation Record
Entity: OpenAI
Document: Terms of Use (ROW)
Record ID: CA-P-017119
Captured: 2026-03-10 03:31:52 UTC
SHA-256: 88564a001002409f…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/openai/terms-of-use-row/provision/CA-P-017119/account-credential-sharing-prohibited/
Accessed: July 12, 2026
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Classification
Severity
High
Categories
Account control

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Frequently Asked Questions

What does OpenAI's Account Credential Sharing Prohibited clause do?

Users bear full responsibility for all account activity, including actions taken by unauthorized parties who gained access through shared credentials.

How does this clause affect you?

Users are prohibited from sharing credentials or granting account access to others, and remain liable for all activity under their account regardless of who performed it.

How many platforms have this type of clause?

ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 266 platforms. See the full comparison.

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