OpenAI API policy evolution
Before/after stance changes across captured policy versions, with exact citations. If no before/after delta is available yet, AIRIN shows the latest citation-backed stance events instead.
improvedhigh materialityprivacyJul 8, 2026 to Aug 12, 2026
data sharing improved from high/sale or sell to medium/third party or vendor sharing.
Stance key: data sharing. AIRIN emits this only when before and after stance events both carry citations.
Before · sale or sell
high
“**Your Opt-Out Rights.** We don’t “sell” Personal Data. Depending upon your choices, we may share limited data with select marketing partners for purposes of promoting our products and services to you on third-party properties.”
Privacy Policy › “9\. Additional U.S. state disclosures”
Open citationAfter · third party or vendor sharing
medium
“At OpenAI, our mission is to ensure that artificial general intelligence benefits everyone. We build tools like ChatGPT and Sora to help people learn, create, and solve problems. We at OpenAI (together with our affiliates, “OpenAI”, “we”, “our” or “us”) are committed to respecting your privacy and are strongly committed to keeping secure any information we obtain from you or about you. This Privacy Policy describes our practices with respect to personal data that we collect from or about you, and how we use it when you use our website, applications, and services (collectively, “Services”).”
Privacy Policy › “US privacy policy”
Open citationworsenedhigh materialityprivacyJun 17, 2026 to Jul 8, 2026
data sharing worsened from medium/third party or vendor sharing to high/sale or sell.
Stance key: data sharing. AIRIN emits this only when before and after stance events both carry citations.
Before · third party or vendor sharing
medium
“- Transfer your Personal Data to a third party (right to data portability).”
Privacy Policy › “6\. Your rights”
Open citation“**Your Opt-Out Rights.** We don’t “sell” Personal Data. Depending upon your choices, we may share limited data with select marketing partners for purposes of promoting our products and services to you on third-party properties.”
Privacy Policy › “9\. Additional U.S. state disclosures”
Open citationimprovedhigh materialitysubprocessors / sharingJun 17, 2026 to Jul 8, 2026
data sharing improved from high/sale or sell to medium/third party or vendor sharing.
Stance key: data sharing. AIRIN emits this only when before and after stance events both carry citations.
Before · sale or sell
high
“**Your Opt-Out Rights.** We don’t “sell” Personal Data. Depending upon your choices, we may share limited data with select marketing partners for purposes of promoting our products and services to you on third-party properties.”
Privacy Policy › “9\. Additional U.S. state disclosures”
Open citationAfter · third party or vendor sharing
medium
“more.](https://help.openai.com/en/articles/20001047-ads-in-chatgpt)<br>- 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<br>- To identify your contacts who use our Services when you choose to connect your contacts and update you if they join our Services later.<br>- 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/))<br>- 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 | We may disclose this information in the following circumstances, as described above:<br>- Vendors, service providers, and affiliates to assist us in meeting business operations needs and to perform certain services and functions described above<br>- Government authorities or other third parties for the legal reasons described above<br>- Parties involved in Transactions<br>- Business account administrators for the reasons described above<br>- Parents or guardians of teen users for account linking purposes described above<br>- Other users and third parties you interact or share information with |”
Privacy Policy › “9\. Additional U.S. state disclosures”
Open citationGenerated from live stance events. Informational only, not legal advice.