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diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/HedgehogBuddy/HedgehogBuddy.tsx b/frontend/src/lib/components/HedgehogBuddy/HedgehogBuddy.tsx
index 1f7d2c8cd5f..70b61d48410 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/components/HedgehogBuddy/HedgehogBuddy.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/HedgehogBuddy/HedgehogBuddy.tsx
@@ -959,7 +959,7 @@ export const HedgehogBuddy = React.forwardRef<HTMLDivElement, HedgehogBuddyProps
 
     useEffect(() => {
         onPositionChange?.(actor)
-    }, [actor.x, actor.y])
+    }, [actor.x, actor.y, actor.direction])
 
     const onClick = (): void => {
         !actor.isDragging && _onClick?.(actor)
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/lemon-ui/Popover/Popover.tsx b/frontend/src/lib/lemon-ui/Popover/Popover.tsx
index 94801efe092..f14e507a994 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/lemon-ui/Popover/Popover.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/lemon-ui/Popover/Popover.tsx
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ export const Popover = React.forwardRef<HTMLDivElement, PopoverProps>(function P
         if (visible && referenceRef?.current && floatingElement) {
             return autoUpdate(referenceRef.current, floatingElement, update)
         }
-    }, [visible, referenceRef?.current, floatingElement, ...additionalRefs])
+    }, [visible, placement, referenceRef?.current, floatingElement, ...additionalRefs])
 
     const floatingContainer = useFloatingContainer()
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/scenes/max/Intro.tsx b/frontend/src/scenes/max/Intro.tsx
index b2f3de90cfc..c43cd86b53d 100644
--- a/frontend/src/scenes/max/Intro.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/scenes/max/Intro.tsx
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
-import { useValues } from 'kea'
+import { offset } from '@floating-ui/react'
+import { LemonButton, Popover } from '@posthog/lemon-ui'
+import { useActions, useValues } from 'kea'
 import { HedgehogBuddy } from 'lib/components/HedgehogBuddy/HedgehogBuddy'
 import { hedgehogBuddyLogic } from 'lib/components/HedgehogBuddy/hedgehogBuddyLogic'
-import { useMemo } from 'react'
+import { useMemo, useState } from 'react'
 
+import { maxGlobalLogic } from './maxGlobalLogic'
 import { maxLogic } from './maxLogic'
 
 const HEADLINES = [
@@ -14,8 +17,12 @@ const HEADLINES = [
 
 export function Intro(): JSX.Element {
     const { hedgehogConfig } = useValues(hedgehogBuddyLogic)
+    const { acceptDataProcessing } = useActions(maxGlobalLogic)
+    const { dataProcessingAccepted } = useValues(maxGlobalLogic)
     const { sessionId } = useValues(maxLogic)
 
+    const [hedgehogDirection, setHedgehogDirection] = useState<'left' | 'right'>('right')
+
     const headline = useMemo(() => {
         return HEADLINES[parseInt(sessionId.split('-').at(-1) as string, 16) % HEADLINES.length]
     }, [])
@@ -23,22 +30,52 @@ export function Intro(): JSX.Element {
     return (
         <>
             <div className="flex">
-                <HedgehogBuddy
-                    static
-                    hedgehogConfig={{
-                        ...hedgehogConfig,
-                        walking_enabled: false,
-                        controls_enabled: false,
-                    }}
-                    onClick={(actor) => {
-                        if (Math.random() < 0.01) {
-                            actor.setOnFire()
-                        } else {
-                            actor.setRandomAnimation()
+                <Popover
+                    overlay={
+                        <div className="m-1.5">
+                            <p className="font-medium text-pretty mb-1.5">
+                                Hi! I use OpenAI services to analyze your data,
+                                <br />
+                                so that you can focus on building. This <em>can</em> include
+                                <br />
+                                personal data of your users, if you're capturing it.
+                                <br />
+                                <em>Your data won't be used for training models.</em>
+                            </p>
+                            <LemonButton type="secondary" size="small" onClick={() => acceptDataProcessing()}>
+                                Got it, I accept OpenAI processing data
+                            </LemonButton>
+                        </div>
+                    }
+                    placement={`${hedgehogDirection}-end`}
+                    middleware={[offset(-12)]}
+                    showArrow
+                    visible={!dataProcessingAccepted}
+                >
+                    <HedgehogBuddy
+                        static
+                        hedgehogConfig={{
+                            ...hedgehogConfig,
+                            walking_enabled: false,
+                            controls_enabled: false,
+                        }}
+                        onClick={(actor) => {
+                            if (Math.random() < 0.01) {
+                                actor.setOnFire()
+                            } else {
+                                actor.setRandomAnimation()
+                            }
+                        }}
+                        onActorLoaded={(actor) =>
+                            setTimeout(() => {
+                                actor.setAnimation('wave')
+                                // Always start out facing right so that the data processing popover is more readable
+                                actor.direction = 'right'
+                            }, 100)
                         }
-                    }}
-                    onActorLoaded={(actor) => setTimeout(() => actor.setAnimation('wave'), 100)}
-                />
+                        onPositionChange={(actor) => setHedgehogDirection(actor.direction)}
+                    />
+                </Popover>
             </div>
             <div className="text-center mb-3">
                 <h2 className="text-2xl font-bold mb-2 text-balance">{headline}</h2>
diff --git a/frontend/src/scenes/max/Max.stories.tsx b/frontend/src/scenes/max/Max.stories.tsx
index 73f1ce19a41..d5aa836f7bc 100644
--- a/frontend/src/scenes/max/Max.stories.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/scenes/max/Max.stories.tsx
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import { mswDecorator, useStorybookMocks } from '~/mocks/browser'
 
 import { chatResponseChunk, failureChunk, generationFailureChunk } from './__mocks__/chatResponse.mocks'
 import { MaxInstance } from './Max'
+import { maxGlobalLogic } from './maxGlobalLogic'
 import { maxLogic } from './maxLogic'
 
 const meta: Meta = {
@@ -31,6 +32,12 @@ export default meta
 const SESSION_ID = 'b1b4b3b4-1b3b-4b3b-1b3b4b3b4b3b'
 
 const Template = ({ sessionId: SESSION_ID }: { sessionId: string }): JSX.Element => {
+    const { acceptDataProcessing } = useActions(maxGlobalLogic)
+
+    useEffect(() => {
+        acceptDataProcessing()
+    }, [])
+
     return (
         <div className="relative flex flex-col h-fit">
             <BindLogic logic={maxLogic} props={{ sessionId: SESSION_ID }}>
@@ -56,6 +63,11 @@ export const Welcome: StoryFn = () => {
             ],
         },
     })
+    const { acceptDataProcessing } = useActions(maxGlobalLogic)
+    useEffect(() => {
+        // We override data processing opt-in to false, so that wee see the welcome screen as a first-time user would
+        acceptDataProcessing(false)
+    }, [])
 
     return <Template sessionId={SESSION_ID} />
 }
@@ -65,7 +77,7 @@ export const WelcomeSuggestionsAvailable: StoryFn = () => {
 
     useEffect(() => {
         loadCurrentProjectSuccess({ ...MOCK_DEFAULT_PROJECT, product_description: 'A Storybook test.' })
-    })
+    }, [])
 
     return <Welcome />
 }
@@ -81,7 +93,7 @@ export const WelcomeLoadingSuggestions: StoryFn = () => {
 
     useEffect(() => {
         loadCurrentProjectSuccess({ ...MOCK_DEFAULT_PROJECT, product_description: 'A Storybook test.' })
-    })
+    }, [])
 
     return <Template sessionId={SESSION_ID} />
 }
diff --git a/frontend/src/scenes/max/QuestionInput.tsx b/frontend/src/scenes/max/QuestionInput.tsx
index 55ea5371230..96f3f5d599d 100644
--- a/frontend/src/scenes/max/QuestionInput.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/scenes/max/QuestionInput.tsx
@@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ import clsx from 'clsx'
 import { useActions, useValues } from 'kea'
 import { useEffect, useRef } from 'react'
 
+import { maxGlobalLogic } from './maxGlobalLogic'
 import { maxLogic } from './maxLogic'
 
 export function QuestionInput(): JSX.Element {
+    const { dataProcessingAccepted } = useValues(maxGlobalLogic)
     const { question, thread, threadLoading } = useValues(maxLogic)
     const { askMax, setQuestion } = useActions(maxLogic)
 
@@ -48,7 +50,15 @@ export function QuestionInput(): JSX.Element {
                     type={isFloating && !question ? 'secondary' : 'primary'}
                     onClick={() => askMax(question)}
                     tooltip="Let's go!"
-                    disabledReason={!question ? 'I need some input first' : threadLoading ? 'Thinking…' : undefined}
+                    disabledReason={
+                        !dataProcessingAccepted
+                            ? 'Please accept OpenAI processing data'
+                            : !question
+                            ? 'I need some input first'
+                            : threadLoading
+                            ? 'Thinking…'
+                            : undefined
+                    }
                     size="small"
                     icon={<IconArrowRight />}
                 />
diff --git a/frontend/src/scenes/max/QuestionSuggestions.tsx b/frontend/src/scenes/max/QuestionSuggestions.tsx
index 8b249d6bec0..9c337b84e92 100644
--- a/frontend/src/scenes/max/QuestionSuggestions.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/scenes/max/QuestionSuggestions.tsx
@@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ import { useActions, useValues } from 'kea'
 
 import { sidePanelSettingsLogic } from '~/layout/navigation-3000/sidepanel/panels/sidePanelSettingsLogic'
 
+import { maxGlobalLogic } from './maxGlobalLogic'
 import { maxLogic } from './maxLogic'
 
 export function QuestionSuggestions(): JSX.Element {
+    const { dataProcessingAccepted } = useValues(maxGlobalLogic)
     const { visibleSuggestions, allSuggestionsLoading, currentProject } = useValues(maxLogic)
     const { askMax, shuffleVisibleSuggestions } = useActions(maxLogic)
     const { openSettingsPanel } = useActions(sidePanelSettingsLogic)
@@ -56,6 +58,9 @@ export function QuestionSuggestions(): JSX.Element {
                                 sideIcon={<IconArrowUpRight />}
                                 center
                                 className="shrink"
+                                disabledReason={
+                                    !dataProcessingAccepted ? 'Please accept OpenAI processing data' : undefined
+                                }
                             >
                                 {suggestion}
                             </LemonButton>
diff --git a/frontend/src/scenes/max/maxGlobalLogic.ts b/frontend/src/scenes/max/maxGlobalLogic.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e082aa91e6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/scenes/max/maxGlobalLogic.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import { actions, kea, path, reducers } from 'kea'
+
+import type { maxGlobalLogicType } from './maxGlobalLogicType'
+
+export const maxGlobalLogic = kea<maxGlobalLogicType>([
+    path(['scenes', 'max', 'maxGlobalLogic']),
+    actions({
+        acceptDataProcessing: (testOnlyOverride?: boolean) => ({ testOnlyOverride }),
+    }),
+    reducers({
+        dataProcessingAccepted: [
+            false,
+            { persist: true },
+            {
+                acceptDataProcessing: (_, { testOnlyOverride }) => testOnlyOverride ?? true,
+            },
+        ],
+    }),
+])
diff --git a/frontend/src/scenes/max/maxLogic.ts b/frontend/src/scenes/max/maxLogic.ts
index 04f36c6cd1c..9cf9467c587 100644
--- a/frontend/src/scenes/max/maxLogic.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/scenes/max/maxLogic.ts
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ export const maxLogic = kea<maxLogicType>([
         ],
     }),
     loaders({
+        // TODO: Move question suggestions to `maxGlobalLogic`, which will make this logic `maxThreadLogic`
         allSuggestions: [
             null as string[] | null,
             {