Can You Trust ChatGPT-4o With Your Private Data?

### Understanding OpenAI’s Data Usage and Privacy Policies

#### Data Collection and Sharing

OpenAI collects and uses data to train its AI models and enhance response accuracy. However, the terms of service permit sharing personal information with affiliates, vendors, service providers, and law enforcement. This raises concerns about data privacy and security.

“So it’s hard to know where your data will end up,” says Love.

#### Information Collected by OpenAI

According to OpenAI’s privacy policy, ChatGPT gathers information when users create accounts or interact with businesses. Bharath Thota, a data scientist and chief solutions officer at [Kearney](https://www.kearney.com/), explains that this includes:

– Full names
– Account credentials
– Payment card details
– Transaction history

Additionally, personal information may be stored if images are uploaded as part of prompts. Connecting with OpenAI’s social media pages like [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/), [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/), or [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/) can also result in the collection of contact details.

#### Audio Data and Voice Chats

OpenAI’s Voice Chat FAQ specifies that audio shared by users can be used to improve voice chat functionalities.

“If you share your audio with us, then we may use audio from your voice chats to train our models,” OpenAI says in its Voice Chats FAQ.

Transcribed chats may also be utilized for model training, depending on user choices and subscription plans.