AI assistants
ChatGPT privacy rating
AI chatbot from OpenAI for writing, questions, coding, image generation and voice conversations. Available on the web and as desktop and mobile apps, with free and paid plans.
Summary
ChatGPT scores 42 out of 100 (grade D) on the AI assistants criteria. It meets 3 of 12 criteria: transparency report, TLS configuration and limited chat retention. It partly meets independent audit, tells users about requests, security headers, no training on your data and no account needed. It does not meet open source, no trackers or telemetry, no ads or data sales and runs locally. It is based in the United States: Five Eyes member; subject to the US CLOUD Act. Automated tests: SSL Labs grade A+ and Mozilla HTTP Observatory grade B.
Score 42 out of 100. How scoring works
Criteria
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No
No trackers or telemetry Weight 3 of 3
Are the website and apps free of third-party trackers, with any analytics anonymous and any telemetry off by default?
The Android app includes Segment and Sentry, and the privacy policy describes cookies and web analytics services.
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No
No ads or data sales Weight 2 of 3
Is the product funded without advertising, ad targeting or selling user data?
Free and Go plans show ads that can be personalized using ad interests and activity, subject to settings.
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Partial
Independent audit Weight 2 of 3
Has an independent security or privacy audit been published within the last three years?
OpenAI holds ISO 42001 certification covering consumer products and SOC 2 for business services, but the full reports are not public.
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Yes
Transparency report Weight 2 of 3
Does the provider regularly publish how many government and legal requests it receives and how it responds?
Publishes counts of government requests for user data every six months.
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Partial
Tells users about requests Weight 1 of 3
Does the provider promise to tell users about requests for their data, unless a court forbids it?
The law enforcement policy says OpenAI may give users prior notice unless prohibited by law, without a firm commitment.
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Partial
No training on your data Weight 3 of 3
Are prompts, chats and files kept out of model training by default?
Chats are used for training by default. The Improve the model for everyone setting turns this off.
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No
Runs locally Weight 2 of 3
Can the assistant run on your own device or server, so prompts never leave it?
Hosted only.
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Yes
Limited chat retention Weight 2 of 3
Are chats deleted by default or on request, with no long-term server copy?
Chats are kept until deleted, then removed within 30 days unless needed for security or legal obligations.
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Partial
No account needed Weight 1 of 3
Can it be used without an account or personal details?
ChatGPT can be used without signing in, with fewer features.
Automated tests
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Yes
TLS configuration Weight 2 of 3
Does the website pass the Qualys SSL Labs test with a grade of A or better?
Grade A+
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Partial
Security headers Weight 1 of 3
Does the website pass the Mozilla HTTP Observatory test with a grade of A or better?
Grade B (75/100+)
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Not tested yet
Modern web standards Weight 1 of 3
Does the website score 90% or higher on the Internet.nl website test?
Not tested yet.