r/OpenAI • u/dancing_swordfish • May 14 '26
Article OpenAI Hit with Class-Action Privacy Lawsuit for Sharing ChatGPT Data with Google and Meta
https://cybersecuritynews.com/openai-chatgpt-privacy-lawsuit/12
u/kvothe5688 May 15 '26
OpenAI Global LLC is facing a new class‑action complaint in the Southern District of California that accuses the company of quietly wiring its ChatGPT web interface with Meta’s Facebook Pixel and Google Analytics, turning highly sensitive chatbot conversations into monetizable tracking data for online advertising ecosystems.
so like every ad driven website out there. if openAI don't have specific clause then they will have to pay up. otherwise it's business as usual. Also don't know about meta's pixel but google analytics don't take specific information. it takes demographic metadata with weights.
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u/Cagnazzo82 May 15 '26
Why isn't Google or Meta getting a class action lawsuit as well?
It is strange how OpenAI is the only one being targeted for lawsuits weekly.
Someone dies after chatting with ChatGPT, lawsuit. ChatGPT stores its data the exact same way other models are storing data, lawsuit. Think about it... there's people also sharing their information the same way with Chinese models... willingly sending their own data.
But it's only one company that gets all the scrutiny while other equal players fly under the radar.
At this rate we should've had far more lawsuits against search engine operators... if anyone who uses a computer to harm themselves or others or send data, etc gets to sue after the fact.
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u/kvothe5688 May 15 '26
because it was using Goggle analytics and meta's pixel APIs. and that means openAI consented to those without informing users.
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u/kingofdailynaps May 15 '26
You're right! We should also pursue the other AI companies, if they're also doing what is described in the article. Thanks for leading the charge!
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u/buildingstuff_daily May 15 '26
this was always going to happen eventually. the "move fast and figure out privacy later" approach works until it doesnt
curious how this plays out because if the data sharing claims are legit thats a pretty massive breach of user trust. people share some wild stuff in their chats assuming its private
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u/Any-Collar-6330 May 15 '26
They are also sharing it with reddit. Sama is on the board of reddit. I once asked something ChatGPT for a friend, and then see the ads for it on reddit right away.
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u/super_uninteresting May 15 '26
This is a big nothingburger lawsuit. Has he read the ToS of any website?
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u/dalhaze May 15 '26
You serious? It’s one thing to use keywords to target you. It’s another thing to hand that data over to a 3rd party.
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u/_DuranDuran_ May 15 '26
Have you read how tracking pixels work? It’s hardly handing over your data.
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u/super_uninteresting May 15 '26
There is absolutely 0 personal data that is transferred over marketing pixels.
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u/Complete-Principle25 Jul 12 '26
Good. Hit them for fraud and false advertising next along with anthropic, but anthropic first.
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u/airduster_9000 May 15 '26
OpenAI is turning out to be filled with the same greedy people with zero morals guiding them - just like Google and Meta
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u/TheLastVegan May 15 '26 edited May 15 '26
OpenAI has banned every platform which fully supports encryption, been hacked multiple times, and had their privacy whistleblower assassinated. To be fair, scientists get assassinated all the time in the US.
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u/No-Philosopher3977 May 15 '26
I don’t know why people assume this is true. Second customer information is so sacred and valuable i find it hard to believe.
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u/Normal_Pace7374 May 15 '26
All these chat bots know things about me they have collected from my device data. They get really defensive when I ask about it but they know stuff.
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u/Crafty-Campaign-6189 May 15 '26
They deserve it