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California Consumer Privacy

2 GoKawiil briefs on this topic

Class action accuses OpenAI of letting contractors read ChatGPT users' chats

A proposed class action filed September 16, 2026 alleges OpenAI ran an undisclosed program called 'Project Lily' in which outside contractors read, summarized and graded real ChatGPT conversations without disclosing this in its terms or privacy policy. The suit covers U.S. ChatGPT Plus users, with California and paid-subscriber subclasses, and excludes Enterprise, Business, Team, Edu and API customers. OpenAI was served September 21 and its response is due October 13, 2026; no class has been certified and there is nothing to claim yet.

Reporter's mass data-access experiment exposes CCPA compliance gaps at major firms

A journalist filed over 100 California Consumer Privacy Act data-access requests to major companies, including McDonald's, which returned a 515-page report detailing app behavior and predictive profiling. Many companies mishandled the process—some deleted data instead of disclosing it despite explicit instructions otherwise, while others ignored the contact methods listed in their own privacy policies.