Data Governance — Simon Carter

OpenAI formally commits to zero data retention for API customers and previews private safety processing

OpenAI reaffirms Zero Data Retention for eligible API customers and previews Private Safety Processing, a cross-interaction safety system launching in September 2026.

19 August 2026

Security & Governance

ChatGPT Enterprise and Edu: individual sync connections disabled from 14 August 2026

OpenAI has disabled individual-user sync connections in ChatGPT Enterprise and Edu. Admins must migrate to admin-managed sync or plugins now.

14 August 2026

Security & Governance

OpenAI is now a subprocessor inside Microsoft 365 Copilot: and the toggle was auto-enabled on 24 July 2026

GPT-5.6 runs under OpenAI as a subprocessor in M365 Copilot. The admin toggle auto-enabled 24 July 2026 unless you'd already said no.

6 August 2026