ChatGPT Faces EU Privacy Crackdown
Italian data protection authority has accused OpenAI of breaching EU privacy laws regarding data collection and storage for training ChatGPT's AI models. OpenAI has 30 days to respond to the allegations.
Summary
- Italian watchdog notified OpenAI of breaches to EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
- Last year, the watchdog had temporarily banned ChatGPT over privacy concerns
- Watchdog said OpenAI has no legal basis to justify mass collection of personal data to train ChatGPT algorithms
- Lack of clarity over whose data is being collected
- OpenAI can submit counterclaims within 30 days
- Watchdog will consider ongoing work by EU taskforce on ChatGPT when making final determination
- Previously Italy said ChatGPT can resume operations if it makes 'useful changes' to address privacy issues
- Other countries like Germany have also launched inquiries into ChatGPT's data practices