ChatGPT allegedly shared users’ query topics, user IDs, and email addresses with Google and Meta, new class action lawsuit claims
Summary
A proposed class action filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California alleges OpenAI’s ChatGPT secretly transmitted users’ chat query topics and identifying data to Google and Meta via embedded tracking code. The complaint claims ChatGPT’s dynamic browser tab titles, combined with Facebook Pixel and Google Analytics, allowed cookies and identifiers to be sent in real time to third-party advertising platforms. Plaintiffs say this violates the Electronic Communications Privacy Act and California privacy laws and seek class certification, statutory damages, and injunctive relief. The case is in its early stages, OpenAI has not publicly responded, and the suit highlights broader privacy and compliance risks for AI platform providers.
