Austrian advocacy group, NOYB, is gearing up to seek an injunction against Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META), potentially leading to billion-euro damages claims. This action comes as a response to Meta’s plans to use Europeans’ personal data for AI training.
What Happened: NOYB, the group spearheaded by privacy activist Max Schrems, issued a “cease and desist” letter to Meta on Wednesday. Meta intends to start using personal data from European Instagram and Facebook users from May 27. The company has defended its actions under EU privacy rules, claiming a legitimate interest in using user data to train its AI models and other tools, which may also be shared with third parties.
Last month, the Mark Zuckerberg-led company announced that users can object to their data being used for training via a provided form and assured that private messages and data from users under 18 will be excluded from training.
Schrems criticized Meta’s rationale, questioning the company’s ‘legitimate interest’ in …
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Austrian advocacy group, NOYB, is gearing up to seek an injunction against Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META), potentially leading to billion-euro damages claims. This action comes as a response to Meta’s plans to use Europeans’ personal data for AI training.
What Happened: NOYB, the group spearheaded by privacy activist Max Schrems, issued a “cease and desist” letter to Meta on Wednesday. Meta intends to start using personal data from European Instagram and Facebook users from May 27. The company has defended its actions under EU privacy rules, claiming a legitimate interest in using user data to train its AI models and other tools, which may also be shared with third parties.
Last month, the Mark Zuckerberg-led company announced that users can object to their data being used for training via a provided form and assured that private messages and data from users under 18 will be excluded from training.
Schrems criticized Meta’s rationale, questioning the company’s ‘legitimate interest’ in …
Full story available on Benzinga.com
Austrian advocacy group, NOYB, is gearing up to seek an injunction against Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META), potentially leading to billion-euro damages claims. This action comes as a response to Meta’s plans to use Europeans’ personal data for AI training.
What Happened: NOYB, the group spearheaded by privacy activist Max Schrems, issued a “cease and desist” letter to Meta on Wednesday. Meta intends to start using personal data from European Instagram and Facebook users from May 27. The company has defended its actions under EU privacy rules, claiming a legitimate interest in using user data to train its AI models and other tools, which may also be shared with third parties.
Last month, the Mark Zuckerberg-led company announced that users can object to their data being used for training via a provided form and assured that private messages and data from users under 18 will be excluded from training.
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