Opera Privacy Statement

ARCHIVED 2026-05-02, DATE APPROXIMATE · VERSION 20260502_rev01 · COMPARED WITH 20260403_rev01

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 In order to provide you with its functionalities, AI Chat engine processes data from (i) your input - which means anything that you choose to type into or attach to AI Chat chatbox, including any personal data you choose to include; (ii) opened websites/tabs or groups of websites/tabs, where you operate while using AI Chat. To learn more about specific functionalities of AI Chat, please read our [FAQ](https://help.opera.com/en/browser-ai-faq/).
 Your input is first processed by AI Chat to understand how to build the best possible answer. Based on your prompt, AI Chat selects and shares it with either OpenAI or Google to generate a response, depending on which model is best suited for your request. This helps ensure you receive more accurate and relevant answers. Moreover, based on your input, AI Chat may identify prompts with potential for further exploration-either through AI Chat itself or by searching for something relevant on Google. In such cases, your input may be shared with Google to generate Search Suggestions that enrich the response. You can always opt out of the Google Search Suggestions feature in AI Chat "Settings".
 Additionally, AI Chat also identifies prompts related to shopping, and may enrich its responses with relevant product suggestions from our partners. If AI Chat's response to your input includes information about specific products, AI Chat will share relevant keywords, plus your country, language, and a partial IP address (with the last octet removed, to prevent precise identification), with our third-party partners, and return a shopping suggestion if possible. We will ask for your consent for such data processing when our service detects for the first time that it may include shopping suggestions in the response(s) while you're using AI Chat. These shopping suggestions are advertisements, and Opera may earn a commission from them. AI Chat does not share your prompts with our advertising partners (or anyone else) for this purpose, nor does AI Chat use your prompts to build a profile of you or your interests. You can opt out of this feature in the "Settings" menu at any time.
+After your session is complete, your chats, URLs of sites you visited, and tab names will be stored locally on your device and on Opera servers but will not be retained by OpenAI or Google. This is needed to allow you to continue your conversations with AI Chat.
+After your session is complete, your chats, URLs of sites you visited, and tab names will be stored on Opera servers but will not be retained by OpenAI or Google. This is needed to allow you to continue your conversations with AI Chat.
 The aforementioned data is stored, fully encrypted, on Opera's servers, and will be automatically deleted after 365 days if you use AI Chat while logged into your Opera Account. If you use AI Chat without being logged into your Opera account, the data will be deleted after 30 days. At any time, you can delete your chats (both stored locally and on Opera servers) by using a provided option.
+Opera provides an option for you to connect AI Chat to selected third party AI-powered tools of your own, in order to support and enhance your browsing activities. If you choose to enable this feature, aforesaid third party AI tool will need access to certain browser data (like tabs or page content). You can control which browser data is shared with your third party AI tools using the provided option in Settings. Opera only needs to access this data for a short period of time, in order to authorise and enable the connection to the third party AI tool. We do not store or process the data. Please note, that any data made available to your own third party AI tools connected to AI Chat (including personal data - if any) will be processed subject to the tool's own privacy policy. Please make sure to read it.
 **Purpose:** To provide and manage the service, and to support monetization through shopping suggestions for the enhanced convenience of the user.
+**Legal basis:** Legitimate interest (for Opera account data), Consent (for any data you input to AI Chat, and shopping suggestions), Contractual grounds (other data).
+**Legal basis:** Legitimate interest (for Opera account data), Consent (for any data you input to AI Chat, and shopping suggestions, and connection of third party AI tools), Contractual grounds (other data).
 ### Cashback
 Cashback is an incentive program where you can earn rewards when purchasing goods or services from participating online merchants. If you choose to use the Cashback program and visit supported websites, we will collect merchant URLs, a list of your purchased items, transaction amounts, and IP address. This data is required for the Cashback service to function, and we also use it to provide more relevant partner deals, and to detect fraud and misuse of the service. To enable payouts, your [Opera account](https://auth.opera.com/) will be linked with a payment service provider, which will receive your customer ID, and relevant payment related data with Opera. Your payment data may be stored for up to five years due to regulatory requirements. You can modify your Opera account, delete it, or request a copy of your data using your [profile page](https://auth.opera.com/account/edit-profile). Your Cashback data will be automatically deleted after two years of inactivity. You may choose to delete your Cashback account, which will erase your personal data from the system, through the Account Setting menus in Cashback account.
 **Purpose:** To provide and improve the service.