How long does OpenAI API keep your data?

This clause creates a financial compliance exception permitting retention of payment and transaction data to satisfy accounting, dispute resolution, and regulatory requirements arising from financial transactions.

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“ - When we are a party to a financial transaction (for instance, when we process your payment for a ChatGPT Plus or Pro account, or facilitate a purchase on ChatGPT), we may retain payment and transaction related information to meet our accounting, dispute resolution, and regulatory compliance purposes;”

Captured 2026-06-07. Open captured source →Snapshot SHA-256: 7908fbad5eb10a4d236259d99458ec7c1fe0929185f2f217fdedb1c4e9be8345

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