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OpenAI Right to Suspend or Terminate for Breach

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Why it matters (compliance & governance perspective)

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.

Clause Stability Stable

0
Changes
4
Months Monitored
Jul 10, 2026
First Seen
Jul 10, 2026
Last Seen
This clause type exists across 1961 other provisions on other platforms.

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

If OpenAI determines you breached its Terms or Usage Policies, you may lose access to the Services or have your account deleted.

How other platforms handle this

DoorDash Medium

If any subscription fee is not paid in a timely manner or your transaction cannot be processed, we reserve the right to suspend, disable, cancel, or terminate your access to the Services or your DashPass subscription.

Oura Medium

You acknowledge that ŌURA has the right to monitor use of the Services to ensure compliance with the Agreement.

Marqeta Medium

Marqeta will (i) at all times have access to pending and closed Complaints and Customer's responses, and (ii) have the right to audit such Complaints.

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▸ View Original Clause Language DOCUMENT RECORD
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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)

Applicable regulations

DMCA
United States Federal
DSA
European Union
FTC Act Section 5
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-017188
Document ID
CA-D-00007
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
88564a001002409ff9f42239d9e83c4f7b937a25bcff5d916fcd2bf3d538a58e
Analysis generated
March 10, 2026 03:31 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
✓ Snapshot stored   ✓ Hash verified
Citation Record
Entity: OpenAI
Document: Terms of Use (ROW)
Record ID: CA-P-017188
Captured: 2026-03-10 03:31:52 UTC
SHA-256: 88564a001002409f…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/openai/terms-of-use-row/provision/CA-P-017188/openai-right-to-suspend-or-terminate-for-breach/
Accessed: July 13, 2026
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Severity
High
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does OpenAI's OpenAI Right to Suspend or Terminate for Breach clause do?

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.

How does this clause affect you?

If OpenAI determines you breached its Terms or Usage Policies, you may lose access to the Services or have your account deleted.

How many platforms have this type of clause?

ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 279 platforms. See the full comparison.

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