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Last verified 2026-09-16
Entry services/azure-openai.yaml
Training on your data (default tier)
Prompts, completions, embeddings and training data are not shared with OpenAI and not used to train foundation models without the customer's permission
Retention
Models are stateless; prompts and completions are stored only when flagged for abuse-monitoring human review, or when the customer uses stateful features such as Stored completions or Assistants threads
Data residency
Processed within the customer-chosen Azure geography for standard deployments; Global and DataZone deployment types may process in any geography or zone, with data at rest kept in the designated geography

Vendor data-handling terms

Training on your data (default tier)
Prompts, completions, embeddings and training data are not shared with OpenAI and not used to train foundation models without the customer's permission
Important Your prompts (inputs) and completions (outputs), your embeddings, and your training data: are NOT available to other customers. are NOT available to OpenAI or other providers of Models sold by Azure. are NOT used by providers of Models sold by Azure to improve their models or services. are NOT used to train any generative AI foundation models without your permission or instruction.
checked 2026-09-16
Data, privacy, and security for Azure OpenAI and Models sold by Azure
Retention
Models are stateless; prompts and completions are stored only when flagged for abuse-monitoring human review, or when the customer uses stateful features such as Stored completions or Assistants threads

Customers approved for modified abuse monitoring have no abuse-monitoring storage or human review.

The models are stateless: no prompts or completions are stored in the model. / For automated review, customer's prompts and completions are not stored by the system or used to train the AI models or other systems. The abuse monitoring data store where prompts and completions are stored for human review is logically separated by customer resource (each request includes the resource ID of the customer's Foundry resource).
checked 2026-09-16
Data, privacy, and security for Azure OpenAI and Models sold by Azure
Data residency
Processed within the customer-chosen Azure geography for standard deployments; Global and DataZone deployment types may process in any geography or zone, with data at rest kept in the designated geography
Prompts and responses are processed within the customer-specified geography (unless you are using a Global or DataZone deployment type), but may be processed between regions within the geography for operational purposes (including performance and capacity management). / For both Global and DataZone deployment types, any data stored at rest, such as uploaded data, and including the abuse monitoring data store created for Global and DataZone deployments, is stored in the customer-designated geography.
checked 2026-09-16
Data, privacy, and security for Azure OpenAI and Models sold by Azure

Domains and endpoints

observed means seen in Unseen deployments; vendor-documented means listed by the vendor. Vendors do not publish complete lists.

HostRoleSource
openai.azure.comappobserved

Assessment

Standard and DataZone deployments: lowGlobal deployments: medium

Reasoning: OpenAI models run inside the customer's Azure tenant under Microsoft's terms. No training, no access for OpenAI, geography-bound processing for standard deployments. Global deployment types trade residency for capacity, so the deployment type chosen matters. Traffic to this host is normally a company resource rather than a personal account.

Flags: Geography-bound for standard deployments · Global deployment type processes anywhere · Abuse monitoring unless modified · Assessed 2026-09-16. The assessment is Unseen's; the terms above are the vendor's.

Changelog

  • 2026-09-16Documented. Training, storage and processing-location terms verified against the Microsoft Learn data privacy article for Azure OpenAI.
  • 2026-09-15Listed from the Unseen catalogue with observed domains.

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