Private Safety Processing

Facts

Announced

preview release · 2026-08-20

Noted

The system lets OpenAI detect misuse patterns across related interactions without staff accessing customer content, while keeping the Zero Data Retention policy intact. · 2026-08-20

Noted

Customer content stays on customer-managed infrastructure or encrypted storage with customer-held keys. · 2026-08-20

Noted

Private Safety Processing extends safety monitoring from individual interactions to full patterns without breaking the Zero Data Retention promise, addressing the tension between abuse detection and data privacy for enterprise API customers. · 2026-08-20

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