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Privacy and Prohibitions

ChatGPT has a fairly extensive privacy policy, which you can read in full at this link. Here are a few highlights regarding privacy and safety:

  • ChatGPT does require a mobile phone number during sign-up.
  • The company "may" share your information with third parties.
  • "Our Service is not directed to children who are under the age of 13. OpenAI does not knowingly collect Personal Information from children under the age of 13. If you have reason to believe that a child under the age of 13 has provided Personal Information to OpenAI through the Service please email us at support@openai.com and we will endeavor to delete that information from our databases."

"Disallowed Usage: We don’t allow the use of our models for the following:

  • Illegal activity
  • Child Sexual Abuse Material or any content that exploits or harms children
  • Generation of hateful, harassing, or violent content
  • Generation of malware
  • Activity that has high risk of physical harm
  • Activity that has high risk of economic harm
  • Fraudulent or deceptive activity
  • Adult content, adult industries, and dating apps
  • Political campaigning or lobbying
  • Activity that violates people’s privacy
  • Engaging in the unauthorized practice of law, or offering tailored legal advice without a qualified person reviewing the information
  • Offering tailored financial advice without a qualified person reviewing the information
  • Telling someone that they have or do not have a certain health condition, or providing instructions on how to cure or treat a health condition
  • High risk government decision-making"