Privacy Policy

OpenAI added a new summary table to the Privacy Policy's U.S. state disclosures section (Section 9). The table restates, in a compact format required by state privacy laws, the categories of personal data OpenAI already said it collects, how it already said it uses that data, and who it already said it discloses that data to. No new data practices, sharing partners, or retention rules are introduced — this is a required legal-disclosure summary of existing practices, not a policy change.

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+ ADDEDNew summary table added to U.S. state privacy disclosures
OpenAI added a three-column table listing categories of personal data collected, how that data is used, and who it's disclosed to. This table is required under some U.S. state privacy laws and summarizes information already explained in more detail earlier in the policy (data collection, use, and disclosure sections). It doesn't describe any new data practice.
The following table provides additional information about the categories of Personal Data we collect and how we use and disclose that information.

 We implement commercially reasonable technical, administrative, and organizational measures designed to protect Personal Data from loss, misuse, and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. However, no Internet or email transmission is ever fully secure or error free. Therefore, you should take special care in deciding what information you provide to the Services. In addition, we are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the Service, or third-party websites.
 ## 9\. Additional U.S. state disclosures
 Some [U.S. state privacy laws(opens in a new window)](http://help.openai.com/articles/20001055) require specific disclosures. The following table provides additional information about the categories of Personal Data we collect and how we use and disclose that information. You can read more about the Personal Data we collect and where we collect it from in "[Personal Data we collect]()" above, how we use Personal Data in "[How we use Personal Data]()" above, when we disclose Personal Data in "[Disclosure of Personal Data]()" above and how we retain Personal Data in "[Retention]()" above.
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+**Category of Personal Data**
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+**Use of Personal Data**
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+**Disclosure of Personal Data**
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+We collect the following information, as described above:
+- Identifiers, such as your name, contact details, IP address, and other device identifiers
+- Commercial information, such as your transaction history
+- Network activity information, such as how you interact with our Services, including Log Data, Usage Data, and information about the device you use to access the Services
+- Content, including your prompts and content you upload to the Services and interactions and messages with other users
+- Communication Information, such as your contact information when you send us email
+- Contact Data if you choose to connect your device contacts
+- Geolocation data, such as the general area from which your device accesses our Services based on information like its IP address, or precise location information you choose to provide
+- Other Account Information, such as your account credentials, payment information, date of birth, and profile picture
+- Other Information You Provide, such as if you choose to participate in our events or surveys or when you provide us or a vendor operating on our behalf with information to establish your identity or age.
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+We use this information for the following purposes, as described above:
+- Provide, analyze, and maintain our Services
+- Improve and develop our Services and conduct research, including using your Content to train our models (subject to your [control)](https://help.openai.com/en/articles/7730893-data-controls-faq)
+- To personalize and customize your experience across our Services
+- Communicate with you, including to respond to your questions, and send you information about our Services and events, for example about changes or improvements to the Services or offers or information that may interest you
+- To identify your contacts who use our Services when you choose to connect your contacts and update you if they join our Services later.
+- Prevent fraud, illegal activity, or misuses of our Services, and to protect the security of our systems and Services, including by monitoring any Content submitted or exchanged on our platforms (learn more [here](https://openai.com/transparency-and-content-moderation))
+- Comply with legal obligations and protect the rights, privacy, safety, or property of our users, OpenAI, or third parties, for instance to prevent harm to you or others, and to estimate your age to give you an age-appropriate experience
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+We may disclose this information in the following circumstances, as described above:
+- Vendors, service providers, and affiliates to assist us in meeting business operations needs and to perform certain services and functions described above
+- Government authorities or other third parties for the legal reasons described above
+- Parties involved in Transactions
+- Business account administrators for the reasons described above
+- Parents or guardians of teen users for account linking purposes described above
+- Other users and third parties you interact or share information with
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 Depending on where you live and subject to applicable exceptions, you may have the following privacy rights in relation to your Personal Data:
 - The right to know information about our processing of your Personal Data, including the right to access your Personal Data, often in a portable format;
 - The right to request deletion of your Personal Data;