OpenAI Hit with Class-Action Privacy Lawsuit for Sharing ChatGPT Data with Google and Meta
OpenAI Global LLC is facing a new class‑action complaint in the Southern District of California that accuses the company of quietly wiring its ChatGPT web interface with Meta’s Facebook Pixel and Google Analytics, turning highly sensitive chatbot conversations into monetizable tracking data for online advertising ecosystems.
Filed by California resident Amargo Couture on behalf of all U.S. users who entered queries into ChatGPT.com, the suit claims OpenAI disclosed users’ chat topics, identifiers, and contact details to Meta and Google without consent, in violation of the federal Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA), California’s Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA), and state constitutional privacy rights.
According to the complaint, ChatGPT is routinely used to discuss “sensitive and personal topics” such as finances, health, and legal issues, with some estimates suggesting that a significant portion of company data pasted into ChatGPT is confidential.
Users allegedly had a reasonable expectation that these conversations would remain between themselves and OpenAI, not be piped to third‑party ad tech platforms.
The litigation lands amid a broader wave of privacy and copyright fights over generative AI and follows earlier suits that challenged OpenAI’s data‑collection and training practices.