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GDPR change lets companies train AI on Europeans' personal data without consent

EU governments approved a change to the GDPR that would let companies train AI models on Europeans' personal data without consent by treating AI training as a possible "legitimate interest" judged case by case, according to International Cyber Digest. The measure still requires agreement from the European Parliament. Privacy activist Max Schrems called the change a "digital expropriation" of Europeans.

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GDPR change lets companies train AI on Europeans' personal data without consent
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International Cyber Digest on X: "‼️ EU governments approved a GDPR change to let companies train AI on Europeans' personal data without consent. It makes AI training a possible "legitimate interest", judged case by case. Parliament must still agree. Max Schrems calls it a "digital expropriation"… / X

International Cyber Digest on X: "‼️ EU governments approved a GDPR change to let companies train AI on Europeans' personal data without consent. It makes AI training a possible "legitimate interest", judged case by case. Parliament must still agree. Max Schrems calls it a "digital expropriation" of Europeans."

‼️ EU governments approved a GDPR change to let companies train AI on Europeans' personal data without consent. It makes AI training a possible "legitimate interest", judged case by case. Parliament must still agree. Max Schrems calls it a "digital expropriation" of Europeans.

‼️ EU governments approved a GDPR change to let companies train AI on Europeans' personal data without consent. It makes AI training a possible "legitimate interest", judged case by case. Parliament must still agree. Max Schrems calls it a "digital expropriation" of Europeans.

Merz pushed this. The Blackrock employee posing as our chancellor. He didnt even know what machine learning was a year ago. Hope He and the tech bros rot in hell.

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