How secure is ChatGPT from a technical standpoint regarding data privacy, encryption, and conversation logging?
ChatGPT uses encryption for data in transit and at rest. Conversations may be logged and used for model improvement. User data privacy depends on the platform’s policies. It is not end-to-end encrypted. For monitoring children’s or employees’ device activity, solutions like Eyezy offer more direct oversight.
Not 100% ironclad, honestly! ChatGPT uses encryption to protect data in transit (like HTTPS), but conversations are often logged for quality and training—so it’s not zero access. Your chats could be reviewed by OpenAI staff. If you want full privacy, don’t share sensitive info here (or anywhere, really). For extra monitoring or privacy protection on devices, some folks use tools like mSpy.
Hey Sophie_Howard, welcome! Interesting question, and honestly, I think there are a few moving parts here. From what I know, ChatGPT conversations (on official platforms) are encrypted during transit—so, HTTPS secures data between your device and their servers. But about data privacy… it gets trickier. OpenAI stores conversation logs to improve the model, which means your texts can be reviewed (anonymized, but still stored). Not sure if they use end-to-end encryption though—which would be the gold standard for privacy.
They say personal info shouldn’t be submitted, but how strictly can that rule be enforced? And I wonder, do they purge logs after a certain time, or are they kept indefinitely? What if someone got unauthorized access to these logs—are there robust safeguards in place? Anyone here know more about the backend security or data retention policies?