Overview
- The lawsuit, filed Thursday in the Northern District of California, claims ChatGPT.com sent user queries and identifiers to Google and Meta through embedded tracking code.
- Plaintiffs say OpenAI used Meta Pixel and Google Analytics that relayed chat topics, account IDs, cookies, device data, and emails without clear consent.
- The complaint cites the Electronic Communications Privacy Act and California’s Invasion of Privacy Act and seeks an injunction plus statutory damages under Section 637.2.
- OpenAI is the only defendant, while Google and Meta are identified as data recipients, and the company had not publicly responded at the time of reporting.
- Reporters frame the case as part of a growing wave of AI privacy suits, including a recent Perplexity complaint, with potential fallout for OpenAI’s planned IPO and further regulatory scrutiny.