WHOOP says only anonymized data, never personal data, goes to OpenAI
WHOOP says it does not share any personal data with OpenAI, the third-party large language model provider that powers WHOOP Coach. It says only anonymized data is shared with OpenAI, and that this holds no matter which data-sharing settings a member picks for WHOOP Coach.
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WHOOP does not share any personal data with the third-party large language model provider that powers WHOOP Coach (OpenAI).
Only anonymized data is shared with OpenAI, we don’t sell or share any personal data with OpenAI. Ever. No matter what data-sharing settings the member chooses for WHOOP Coach, member personal data is never sold and remains safely with us.
Qualifications & exceptions
This is WHOOP's description of what it does with OpenAI; the page does not name a contract or a legal limit behind it.
The statement concerns WHOOP Coach and the OpenAI model that powers it.
It says personal data is not shared, not that nothing derived from member data is shared: anonymized data is shared.
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The page does not define 'anonymized' or say how data is anonymized before it goes to OpenAI.
The page does not list which kinds of member data are included in the anonymized data sent to OpenAI.
Sharing & Disclosure · User right or choice
WHOOP says members choose if and how to share anonymized data with WHOOP Coach
WHOOP says WHOOP members control their personal data and that, with WHOOP Coach, a member can choose if and how they want to share their anonymized data. It says WHOOP Coach has a few data-sharing options that let members control how their data is used with WHOOP Coach.
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WHOOP members control their personal data.
With WHOOP Coach, a member can choose if and how they want to share their anonymized data. WHOOP Coach has a few data-sharing options that enable our members to control how their data is used with WHOOP Coach.
Qualifications & exceptions
The choice described is about sharing anonymized data with WHOOP Coach, not about personal data, which WHOOP says is not shared with OpenAI at all.
The page describes the options only in general terms.
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The page does not list the data-sharing options, say what each one does, or say which option is the default.
The page does not say whether a member can change the choice later or what happens to data already shared.
WHOOP says it does not sell member personal data and never will, that this has not changed with the introduction of WHOOP Coach, and that member personal data is never sold regardless of the member's WHOOP Coach data-sharing settings.
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WHOOP does not sell member personal data. We never sell member personal data. This has not changed with the introduction of WHOOP Coach.
No matter what data-sharing settings the member chooses for WHOOP Coach, member personal data is never sold and remains safely with us.
Qualifications & exceptions
The statement is about selling member personal data; the page does not separately address other disclosures of personal data outside WHOOP Coach.
'Never' is WHOOP's own wording on this page.
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The page does not define 'sell' or say how the statement relates to the sale-related definitions in WHOOP's privacy notices.
Sharing & Disclosure · Company commitment
WHOOP says third parties should be prevented from accessing members' WHOOP data and repeats the OpenAI limits
WHOOP states a belief that third parties should be prevented from accessing members' WHOOP data. As an example, it repeats that only anonymized data is shared with OpenAI, that no personal data is shared, and that its Zero Retention Policy stops OpenAI storing anonymized member data or using it to train algorithms itself.
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WHOOP believes that third parties should be prevented from invading our members’ lives by accessing their WHOOP data.
As a further privacy measure, we have a Zero Retention Policy with OpenAI, so they can’t store anonymized member data, and can’t use anonymized member data to train algorithms themselves.
Qualifications & exceptions
This is a statement of principle followed by the OpenAI example already described; it does not name other third parties.
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The page does not say how the principle applies to other third parties, such as service providers or partners other than OpenAI.