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Vredenburgh v OpenAI OpCo LLC

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Case Information
Case name Vredenburgh and Coutu v. OpenAI OpCo, LLC[1]
Court N.D. Cal.[1]
Docket 3:26-cv-10527-AGT[1]
Filed September 16, 2026[1]
Judge(s) Magistrate Judge Alex G. Tse[2]
Plaintiffs Alexandra Vredenburgh; Paul Coutu[1]
Defendants OpenAI OpCo, LLC[1]
Case type Civil privacy proceeding[1]
Claims / issues Consumer deception, fraud, privacy and unjust-enrichment claims[1]
Status September 16, 2026: proposed class complaint filed. Later procedural developments have not been verified.[1]

Vredenburgh and Coutu v. OpenAI OpCo, LLC is a proposed privacy and consumer-protection class action about disclosure of human review of consumer ChatGPT conversations.[1]

Claims and procedural history

The plaintiffs allege that OpenAI routed conversations to outside reviewers under Project Lily without adequate disclosure or consent. Their complaint cites reporting about the program and challenges where and how human access was explained to users.[1]

The eight pleaded theories include California consumer-protection statutes, fraudulent omissions, intrusion upon seclusion, constitutional privacy, the CCPA and unjust enrichment. Requested relief includes damages, restitution and changes to consent, disclosure and data use.[1]

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