zero data retention

OpenAI has built a system called Private Safety Processing that detects misuse patterns across multiple interactions without storing customer inputs or outputs. The company says it only receives narrow safety signals—type and severity of activity—while data stays encrypted on customer infrastructure.

OpenAI has reaffirmed its Zero Data Retention (ZDR) policy for eligible API customers using frontier models and previewed a new feature called Private Safety Processing, which the company claims allows safety monitoring without retaining customer data.

OpenAI has reaffirmed its Zero Data Retention (ZDR) policy for eligible API customers using frontier models and previewed a new capability called Private Safety Processing. The company says the new approach aims to preserve safety monitoring capabilities without requiring data storage.