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ChatGPT

ABOUIT · CHATGPT1/6
In 5 Sekunden
ChatGPT
  • Kann Zugriff auf deine Mikrofon, genauer Standort, ungefährer Standort +3 verlangen
  • 8 Arten von Daten, die mit dir verknüpft sind
  • Bis zu $500.00 für einen einzigen In-App-Kauf
  • 76 Berechtigungen, die die Android-App deklariert
ABOUIT · CHATGPT2/6
In der App
6
Dinge über dich und um dich herum, die die App vom Telefon anfordern kann
Mikrofongenauer Standortungefährer Standort+3
WAS ES BEDEUTETDie Datei der App listet diese auf. Dein Smartphone fragt dich vor den sensiblen.
WAS DU TUN KANNSTTelefoneinstellungen → Apps → Berechtigungen: schalte aus, was sie nicht braucht.
Android app 1.2026.300 · εxodus Privacy, 2026-11-02
ABOUIT · CHATGPT3/6
Sie geben an
8
Arten von Daten, die mit dir verknüpft sind
diese App · 8
typisch für die 19 geprüften Apps · 9
WAS ES BEDEUTETMit deiner Identität verknüpft, nicht anonym. Das Unternehmen hat dieses Label selbst ausgefüllt.
WAS DU TUN KANNSTIn der EU und im UK kannst du eine Kopie deiner Daten anfordern.
App Store label, declared by the developer
ABOUIT · CHATGPT4/6
Sie geben an
$500.00
Höchstpreis eines einzelnen In-App-Kaufs
WAS ES BEDEUTETDer Höchstpreis für einen einzelnen In-App-Kauf laut Store-Eintrag.
WAS DU TUN KANNSTRichte in deinen Store-Einstellungen ein Kaufpasswort ein.
Google Play listing, declared by the developer
ABOUIT · CHATGPT5/6
Folge dem Geld · Lobbying
€500K+
a year on lobbying the EU, as the company declares
WOHER ES STAMMTOpenAI OpCo, LLC declares spending between €500,000 and €599,999 in a year on lobbying the EU institutions (Jan 2025 to Dec 2025). The company's own figure, not audited.
EU Transparency Register · entry 672219746759-76 · last updated by the company on 2026-07-21
ABOUIT · CHATGPT6/6
Das Ende
Das ist alles.
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ABOUIT · DER BELEG
ChatGPT
geprüft am 2026-11-09

8kinds of data linked to you
App Store label, declared by the developer

ME
📤 data type it may share with third parties1Google Play listing, declared by the developer🛰️ other domains contacted before any choice0our first look, 2026-11-09⏱️ to read the privacy policy (4,991 words)20 mincounted at 250 words a minute💸 per in-app purchase$8.00 - $500.00Google Play listing, declared by the developer🕰️ past policy versions kept105Internet Archive
INSIDE THE APP
🧩 tracker SDKs found in the Android app file2εxodus Privacy report, Android version 1.2026.300, 2026-11-02🔑 permissions the Android app declares76εxodus Privacy report, Android version 1.2026.300, 2026-11-02🎙️ of them: microphone, precise location, approximate location, contacts, calendar, screenshot detection6εxodus Privacy report, Android version 1.2026.300, 2026-11-02
MY MIND
📢 contains adsAdsGoogle Play listing, declared by the developer▶️ no video started by itself on the homepageNo autoplayour first look, 2026-11-09🧒 store content ratingTeenGoogle Play listing
MY WORLD
⚖️ moved to open the homepage once1.6 MBour first look, 2026-11-09🌫️ CO2e for that one visit0.15–0.23 gSustainable Web Design v4
Jede Zeile hat eine Quelle.
Fakten, die sie angegeben oder wir gemessen haben. Keine Bewertung.
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AI TRAINING ON YOUR CONTENT
"As noted above, we may use Content you provide us to improve our Services, for example to train the models that power ChatGPT."

Their words, not yet tested. privacy policy · Internet Archive capture of 2026-11-08

MINIMUM AGE AND MINORS
"You must be at least 13 years old or the minimum age required in your country to consent to use the Services."

Their words, not yet tested. terms of use · Internet Archive capture of 2026-11-05

AUTO-RENEW, REFUNDS AND CANCELLING
"We may decide to discontinue our Services, but if we do, we will give you advance notice and a refund for any prepaid, unused Services."

Their words, not yet tested. terms of use · Internet Archive capture of 2026-11-05

How this was checkedPolicy history

Watch this app

We email you when its policy changes, a receipt publishes, an official decision is linked or its first look finishes. At most one email a day. Nothing is sent before you confirm. What we store

Cancel race

Screen recordings submitted to Abouit by users who stated they show cancelling or deleting their own account. Abouit did not record them and cannot verify who made them. Screens are counted by our published method. Submitted recordings are reported evidence: never a receipt, never part of a grade.

Record your cancel

No receipt about ChatGPT yet. read — nothing found yet First look from Germany on 2026-11-09 · privacy policy read from the Internet Archive capture of 2026-11-08 · terms of use read from the Internet Archive capture of 2026-11-05

Area by area

Read the details

What we checked in each of the six areas, and what we found there. Not a score: an empty area means not tested yet; "their words" means we quote their documents below but have not tested it. Planet is a seventh row of measured facts from the same first look: what the homepage weighs before any tap, and a CO2e range with its method.

Claims

not tested yet

Attention

not tested yet

Privacy

0 other domains before any tap

privacy policy: 4,991 words

their words, not yet tested

Prompts and messages

not tested yet

Planet

  • 1.6 MB before any tap (305 requests)
  • about 0.15–0.24 g CO2e per visit, Sustainable Web Design v4 method
  • 0 other domains contacted
  • no bytes from domains on EasyList or EasyPrivacy
  • no video playing on its own

First look at chatgpt.com from Germany on 2026-11-09, no click, scroll or consent choice, 13 s · source · SHA-256 db4b328c6066…

Their climate claims

Green claims and their support

  • No environmental claim found in: homepage (2026-11-09), App Store description (2026-11-09), Google Play description (2026-11-09).
  • No sustainability report or page found at: links on the homepage https://chatgpt.com/ (2026-11-09).
  • SBTi companies data (downloaded 2026-11-09): not looked up; no confirmed legal entity for this app yet.

How we read climate claims

What they say2 read · 105 archived
What they dofirst look · Germany
Official decisionsnone linked yet
Measured3 facts

Reaching a human

How ChatGPT's own help pages say you can reach a person, quoted as written on the date given. We did not contact them. Not tested by us; not a score.

Contact page: not read: the site's robots.txt or the site itself refused our reader, and we never get around a refusal (page)
Cancel article: not read: the site's robots.txt or the site itself refused our reader, and we never get around a refusal (page)
Close-account article: not read: the site's robots.txt or the site itself refused our reader, and we never get around a refusal (page)

What the stores and its help centre say

The company's own declarations, copied as shown on the date given, with a link to the source and the hash of our archived copy. Not tested by us; not a score.

App Store (US), as the listing showed it

  • “Data Linked to You”: “Usage Data”, “Contact Info”, “Health & Fitness”, “User Content”, “Identifiers”, “Location”, “Search History”, “Diagnostics”
  • Age rating: “13+”
  • In-app purchases listed: “ChatGPT Plus” “$19.99”; “ChatGPT Go” “$8.00”; “ChatGPT Pro 100” “$100.00”; “100 Credits” “$4.00”; “ChatGPT Pro 200” “$200.00”; “ChatGPT Plus” “$200.00”; “ChatGPT Pro 500” “$500.00”; “500 Credits” “$20.00”; “1000 Credits” “$40.00”
  • “Advertising” is listed under “Contains”

2026-11-09 · source · SHA-256 4a4139dd087f…

Google Play (US), as the listing showed it

  • Data safety: “This app may share these data types with third parties” (“Device or other IDs”)
  • Data safety: “This app may collect these data types” (“Location, Personal info and 3 others”)
  • Data safety: “Data is encrypted in transit”
  • Data safety: “You can request that data be deleted”
  • Content rating: “Teen”
  • Shows “Contains ads”
  • Shows “In-app purchases”, “$8.00 - $500.00 per item”

2026-11-09 · source · SHA-256 032e8de7acb8…

Google Play Data safety page: not read: the site's robots.txt or the site itself refused our reader, and we never get around a refusal. 2026-11-09 · source

Cancelling, per its help centre: not read: the site's robots.txt or the site itself refused our reader, and we never get around a refusal. 2026-11-09 · source

Closing the account, per its help centre: not read: the site's robots.txt or the site itself refused our reader, and we never get around a refusal. 2026-11-09 · source

In der Android-App

What an independent analysis of the published app file lists for ChatGPT (Android version 1.2026.300, report of 2026-11-02). A permission says what the app can ask the phone for, not what it does with it. A newer version may differ.

2 tracker SDKs: Segment · Sentry

76 permissions, including: microphone RECORD_AUDIO · precise location ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION · approximate location ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION · contacts READ_CONTACTS · calendar READ_CALENDAR · screenshot detection DETECT_SCREEN_CAPTURE · advertising ID AD_ID · notifications POST_NOTIFICATIONS

The other 68

ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE · ACCESS_WIFI_STATE · BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE · BLUETOOTH_CONNECT · CHANGE_NETWORK_STATE · DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION · FOREGROUND_SERVICE · FOREGROUND_SERVICE_DATA_SYNC · FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MEDIA_PROJECTION · FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MICROPHONE · FOREGROUND_SERVICE_PHONE_CALL · MANAGE_OWN_CALLS · MODIFY_AUDIO_SETTINGS · POST_PROMOTED_NOTIFICATIONS · READ_ACTIVE_CALORIES_BURNED · READ_ACTIVITY_INTENSITY · READ_ALCOHOL_CONSUMPTION · READ_ASSIST_STRUCTURE_SCREEN_CONTENT · READ_BASAL_BODY_TEMPERATURE · READ_BASAL_METABOLIC_RATE · READ_BASIC_PHONE_STATE · READ_BLOOD_GLUCOSE · READ_BLOOD_PRESSURE · READ_BODY_FAT · READ_BODY_TEMPERATURE · READ_BODY_WATER_MASS · READ_BONE_MASS · READ_CERVICAL_MUCUS · READ_DISTANCE · READ_ELEVATION_GAINED · READ_EXERCISE · READ_FLOORS_CLIMBED · READ_HEALTH_DATA_HISTORY · READ_HEALTH_DATA_IN_BACKGROUND · READ_HEART_RATE · READ_HEART_RATE_VARIABILITY · READ_HEIGHT · READ_HYDRATION · READ_INTERMENSTRUAL_BLEEDING · READ_LEAN_BODY_MASS · READ_MENSTRUAL_CYCLE_PHASE · READ_MENSTRUATION · READ_MINDFULNESS · READ_NUTRITION · READ_OVULATION_TEST · READ_OXYGEN_SATURATION · READ_PHONE_STATE · READ_PLANNED_EXERCISE · READ_POWER · READ_RESPIRATORY_RATE · READ_RESTING_HEART_RATE · READ_SEXUAL_ACTIVITY · READ_SKIN_TEMPERATURE · READ_SLEEP · READ_SPEED · READ_STEPS · READ_TOTAL_CALORIES_BURNED · READ_VO2_MAX · READ_WEIGHT · READ_WHEELCHAIR_PUSHES · RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED · SEND_SMS · SET_ALARM · USE_BIOMETRIC · USE_FINGERPRINT · USE_FULL_SCREEN_INTENT · WAKE_LOCK · WRITE_CALENDAR

Source: εxodus Privacy report, read 2026-11-10 · SHA-256 2efa8a329566…

ONE NUMBER · MADE TO SHARE
ChatGPT: €500K+ a year on lobbying the EU
ChatGPT: $1.53M in three months on lobbying the US government

Lobbying: was das Unternehmen angibt

EU TRANSPARENCY REGISTER · 2026-07-21 · THE MAKER OF CHATGPT

OpenAI OpCo, LLC declares spending between €500,000 and €599,999 in a year on lobbying the EU institutions (Jan 2025 to Dec 2025).

People it declares working on this, in full-time equivalents: 4.

Was für eine Zahl: This is the company's own declaration. The register does not audit it, and it covers everything the company does, not this app alone. EU only.

source · SHA-256 31c41ff740c1…

US LOBBYING DISCLOSURE ACT · 2026-10-20 · THE MAKER OF CHATGPT

OPENAI OPCO, LLC reports spending $1,530,000 in three months on lobbying the US government (Jul 2026 to Sep 2026).

Was für eine Zahl: This is the company's own quarterly report under US law. It covers everything the company does, not this app alone, and only what the law counts as lobbying.

source (bulk file) · SHA-256 8ed6e001cc41…

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In their own words

Read the details

Whole sentences copied exactly from ChatGPT's own documents, grouped by subject. Their words, not yet tested: this is quotation, not a finding, and no jury has looked at it. Each sentence links to the archived copy it came from.

AI TRAINING ON YOUR CONTENT
"As noted above, we may use Content you provide us to improve our Services, for example to train the models that power ChatGPT."

privacy policy · Internet Archive capture of 2026-11-08

MINIMUM AGE AND MINORS
"To comply with legal obligations and to protect the rights, privacy, safety, or property of our users, OpenAI, or third parties, for instance to prevent harm to you or others, or to estimate your age to give you an age-appropriate experience."

privacy policy · Internet Archive capture of 2026-11-08

"Our Services are not directed to, or intended for, children under 13."

privacy policy · Internet Archive capture of 2026-11-08

"We do not knowingly collect Personal Data from children under 13."

privacy policy · Internet Archive capture of 2026-11-08

"You must be at least 13 years old or the minimum age required in your country to consent to use the Services."

terms of use · Internet Archive capture of 2026-11-05

"If you are under 18 you must have your parent or legal guardian’s permission to use the Services."

terms of use · Internet Archive capture of 2026-11-05

AUTO-RENEW, REFUNDS AND CANCELLING
"Payments are non-refundable, except where required by law."

terms of use · Internet Archive capture of 2026-11-05

"We may decide to discontinue our Services, but if we do, we will give you advance notice and a refund for any prepaid, unused Services."

terms of use · Internet Archive capture of 2026-11-05

ARBITRATION AND CLASS ACTIONS
"You and OpenAI agree to resolve any claims arising out of or relating to these Terms or our Services, regardless of when the claim arose, even if it was before these Terms existed (a “Dispute”), through final and binding arbitration."

terms of use · Internet Archive capture of 2026-11-05

"If you opt out of an update, the last set of agreed upon arbitration terms will apply."

terms of use · Internet Archive capture of 2026-11-05

"If we are unable to resolve a Dispute within 60 days, either of us has the right to initiate arbitration."

terms of use · Internet Archive capture of 2026-11-05

SHARED WITH OR SOLD TO
"We also share limited information with select marketing partners who are not service providers in order to promote our products and services on third-party properties and help us assess the effectiveness of those efforts."

privacy policy · Internet Archive capture of 2026-11-08

"Information you share with third-party partners is governed by their own terms and privacy policies, and you should make sure you understand those terms and policies before sharing information with them."

privacy policy · Internet Archive capture of 2026-11-08

"We also aggregate or de-identify Personal Data so that it no longer identifies you and share it with third parties for the purposes described above, such as to help improve our Services."

privacy policy · Internet Archive capture of 2026-11-08

KEEPING AND DELETING DATA
"We’ll retain your Personal Data for only as long as we need in order to provide our Services to you, or for other legitimate business purposes such as resolving disputes, safety and security reasons, or complying with our legal obligations."

privacy policy · Internet Archive capture of 2026-11-08

"When you ask us to delete your Personal Data, we retain the audit record of the erasure request to be able to verify that we have complied with the request."

privacy policy · Internet Archive capture of 2026-11-08

"Our Services provide you with a number of controls over your Personal Data and how it is used and retained."

privacy policy · Internet Archive capture of 2026-11-08

"As between you and OpenAI, and to the extent permitted by applicable law, you (a) retain your ownership rights in Input and (b) own the Output."

terms of use · Internet Archive capture of 2026-11-05

DATA COLLECTED
"We at OpenAI (together with our affiliates, “OpenAI”, “we”, “our” or “us”) are committed to respecting your privacy and are strongly committed to keeping secure any information we obtain from you or about you."

privacy policy · Internet Archive capture of 2026-11-08

"This Privacy Policy describes our practices with respect to personal data that we collect from or about you, and how we use it when you use our website, applications, and services (collectively, “Services”)."

privacy policy · Internet Archive capture of 2026-11-08

"If you use the in-app browser we may also collect your browser data according to your controls and use of the service."

privacy policy · Internet Archive capture of 2026-11-08

What we could not read

We could not read ChatGPT's privacy policy on 2026-11-12: the site denied access to our reader, and we never get around a refusal. Not tested. The page we tried

We could not read ChatGPT's terms of use on 2026-11-12: the site denied access to our reader, and we never get around a refusal. Not tested. The page we tried

Not being able to read a page is not a finding about it.

What changed in its policies

CHATGPT · PRIVACY POLICY
BEFORE · CAPTURED 2026-10-02"For Free and Go users, to personalize the ads you see on our Services (subject to your choices and controls), and to measure the effectiveness of ads shown on our Services."
AFTER · CAPTURED 2026-11-03"For Free and Go users, subject to your controls, to personalize the ads you see on our Services and measure the effectiveness of ads shown on our Services."

Changed at some point between the Internet Archive captures of 2026-10-02 and 2026-11-03. Capture 2026-10-02 · Capture 2026-11-03

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CHATGPT · PRIVACY POLICY
BEFORE · CAPTURED 2026-10-02"Free and Go users can use the advertising controls in your account settings to control what data we use to personalize the ads we show you on our Services."
AFTER · CAPTURED 2026-11-03"For Free and Go users, you can use the advertising controls in your account settings to control what data we use to personalize the ads we show you on our Services."

Changed at some point between the Internet Archive captures of 2026-10-02 and 2026-11-03. Capture 2026-10-02 · Capture 2026-11-03

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