# FYI: Court order forces ChatGPT to log ALL messages, including private & deleted ones

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**Created:** [June 4, 2025, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fyi-court-order-forces-chatgpt-to-log-all-messages-including-private-deleted-ones/1019211 "2025-06-04T23:44:46Z")\
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For you ChatGPT users out there, you should know that a recent court order from May 13 has forced OpenAI to log all your messages, including supposedly private/temporary and deleted chats.

More context:

> **[OpenAI slams court order to save all ChatGPT logs, including deleted chats](https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/06/openai-says-court-forcing-it-to-save-all-chatgpt-logs-is-a-privacy-nightmare/)**
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> OpenAI defends privacy of hundreds of millions of ChatGPT users.

The actual court order: [https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/NYT-v-OpenAI-Preservation-Order-5-13-25.pdf](https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/NYT-v-OpenAI-Preservation-Order-5-13-25.pdf)

If you are concerned about privacy and were under the impression that your chats are private, well, they are not, and they may one day resurface as public court evidence if they’re relevant to the lawsuit.