Norway’s data protection authority has filed a complaint against Meta, alleging that the company’s use of user data to train artificial intelligence systems violates European Union privacy rules. The complaint claims that Meta’s practices of collecting data from users’ activity across its services, including Facebook and Instagram, and using it to train AI models without proper legal basis or user consent, violates the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The Norwegian regulator argues that Meta’s terms of service do not provide a valid legal basis for such extensive data processing, and that the company has failed to adequately inform users about the scope of the data collection and its purposes. The complaint seeks to prohibit Meta from using Norwegian user data for AI training without explicit consent. This case highlights ongoing concerns over the data privacy implications of training AI systems on user data, and could have significant implications for how tech companies handle user data for AI development.
Source: https://time.com/6988134/meta-complaint-norway-user-data-training-ai/