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OpenAI ChatGPT Conversation Retention

OpenAI's retention of deleted ChatGPT conversations due to a U.S. federal court preservation order in the New York Times copyright litigation

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Jan 24, 2026
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What legal or regulatory obligations require OpenAI to keep deleted conversation data?

in the copyright litigation is the clearest legal instrument forcing to hold deleted ChatGPT conversations beyond the company’s usual 30‑day deletion window, and OpenAI’s own contracts and privacy sta...