noyb.eu has urged Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, and Spain to take action against Meta's AI practices. Meta has informed millions of Europeans about changes to its privacy policy, revealing plans to use personal posts, private images, and online tracking data for an undefined AI technology, potentially sharing this data with unspecified third parties. Meta claims a legitimate interest that overrides European users' data protection and privacy rights instead of seeking user consent.
Key Points
- Privacy Policy Changes: Meta's new policy involves using personal data for AI without user consent, claiming legitimate interest.
- Urgency Procedure: noyb has filed complaints in 11 countries, requesting an urgency procedure under Article 66 of the GDPR to halt these changes before they take effect on 26 June 2024.
- GDPR Violations: The complaints cite violations of multiple GDPR articles, including Articles 5(1) and (2), 6(1), 9(1), 12(1) and (2), 13(1) and (2), 17(1)(c), 18(1)(d), 19, 21(1), and 25.
- Further Actions: noyb plans to file additional complaints in other EU Member States soon.
- Regulatory Response: The outcome will depend on the responses from the 11 Data Protection Authorities.
This development highlights significant concerns at the intersection of AI and privacy, particularly regarding compliance with data protection principles and the lawfulness of data processing for AI training.
