If you log into Grok using Google, Apple, or X, you give xAI permission to access account information from those services. If you use X to log in and opt in, xAI can access your full X post history, location information, preferences, usage data, and Grok conversation history from X.
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The optional X login integration permits xAI to access an extensive profile including post history from all accounts you can view on X (both public and protected), date of birth, and location information, subject to user opt-in.
The agreement authorizes xAI to access third-party service data upon login, including for X accounts: user profile with date of birth, location information, post history from all viewable accounts including protected accounts, usage data, and Grok conversation history on X. The X data import is described as an opt-in, not a default.
How other platforms handle this
Your organization may allow you to access and export your data in order to back it up or transfer it to a service outside of Google.
We will also provide an individual opt-out choice, or opt-in for sensitive data, before we share your data with third parties other than our agents, or before we use it for a purpose other than which it was originally collected.
to request that your data be transferred to a third party (data portability)
"By choosing to login to our Service by using a third-party service, such as Google, Apple, or X, you give us permission to access, use, and store your information from that service, as permitted by that service, which may include log-in credentials and/or access tokens for that service. If connecting to our Service using your X credentials, you may elect (opt-in) to bring your X user profile (including date of birth), X account and location information, X preferences, X post history (your X posts viewable on your X account including posts to and from all accounts (public or protected) that you can view), X usage data, and your Grok in X conversation history to your xAI account.Excerpt from xAI's Terms of Service
(1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: Access to third-party platform data including post history from protected accounts and date of birth implicates GDPR Articles 6 and 9 for EEA users, and CCPA for California residents.
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The optional X login integration permits xAI to access an extensive profile including post history from all accounts you can view on X (both public and protected), date of birth, and location information, subject to user opt-in.
The agreement authorizes xAI to access third-party service data upon login, including for X accounts: user profile with date of birth, location information, post history from all viewable accounts including protected accounts, usage data, and Grok conversation history on X. The X data import is described as an opt-in, not a default.
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