ChatGPT's new Privacy Center reaches five plans, but not Enterprise, Edu or Healthcare
OpenAI has started rolling out a Privacy Center in ChatGPT to signed-in Free, Go, Plus and Pro users, and separately to ChatGPT Business workspaces, on the web and in the iOS and Android apps. OpenAI says the rollout does not include ChatGPT Enterprise, Edu or ChatGPT for Healthcare.
Business workspaces get the Privacy Center, but not self-service data export. Image: OpenAI
It is a map rather than a new lock. Your privacy controls stay in Settings, and OpenAI states that opening the Privacy Center "does not change your settings, delete your data, or override your organization's policies".
Ads are for Free and Go, and nobody else
The Privacy Center groups everything into three categories: personalised chats and ads, chat privacy, and data use and access. Each topic explains a feature and then hands you off to the setting that controls it.
The ad rule is set out plainly. "Ads may appear for eligible Free and Go users," OpenAI writes. "Other plans, including Business, Enterprise, Edu, and ChatGPT for Healthcare, do not have ads." We covered the format itself on September 19, when ChatGPT began testing ads that open a chat with a brand's own AI agent.
Location is treated the same way. OpenAI says ChatGPT does not separately save or store your precise location beyond what ends up in the conversation itself, and that precise location sharing is not available in Enterprise workspaces at all.
Managed workspaces cannot export their own data
Self-service data export is not available in ChatGPT Business, Enterprise or ChatGPT for Healthcare workspaces. Eligible Edu workspaces can allow exports, but only when an administrator switches them on, and self-service account deletion is not available in any managed workspace.
Training defaults split along the same line. Personal accounts get the "Improve the model for everyone" toggle, and turning it off does not delete anything you have already written. OpenAI says it does not use content from Business, Enterprise, Edu or Healthcare workspaces to train its models by default.
OpenAI's four stated principles are short: it does not sell your data, it secures your information, you control your data, and you control whether your chats improve its models. Nothing there is new, which is rather the point of a page built to explain settings that already exist.
Where to find it
On the web, open your account menu, select Help, then Privacy center. On iOS and Android, it is in Settings. The desktop app sends you to the browser through its Help menu, and OpenAI's release notes add that what you actually see depends on your plan, your region and your workspace settings.
For anyone on a personal plan, the practical value is a single place that says which controls exist and where they live. For anyone in a managed workspace, it is a short reminder of how much their administrator decides, including whether they can take their own data out.
