- Linkedin is accused of sharing user data for AI training
- The trial requires $ 1,000 per user, among other costs
- Linkedin has made changes to the FAQ and the privacy policy to “cover your tracks”, according to prosecution
Linkedin was accused of sharing private messages and user data with third parties for AI training in an American trial.
The user site belonging to Microsoft has more and more sought to position itself as a standard social media platform and has introduced a number of AI tools and features for LinkedIn Premium users.
The trial says that Linkedin “discreetly” introduces a new confidentiality parameter in August 2024, which chose users to share their data with third parties for AI training purposes.
“Cover your tracks”
The trial continues to assert after this modification of the confidentiality parameters, the company then updated its privacy policy to indicate that user information could be used for AI training, and the FAQ section has also been modified to State users to choose not to share their shared data with third parties for AI training, but withdrawal would not affect the data that had already been used for AI training.
“This behavior suggests that LinkedIn was fully aware that he had violated his contractual promises and his confidentiality standards and aimed to minimize audience control”, according to the trial, which requires $ 1,000 per user for violations against US law On federal stored communications, and an unpertified unpertified law amount of the law and a disloyal competition from California.
A spokesperson for LinkedIn approached allegations, declaring: “These are false complaints without merit” (via Bbc). The changes in LinkedIn’s privacy policy have not been promulgated for users in the United Kingdom, to the European Economic Area and in Switzerland, according to an email sent to users last year.
In 2024, LinkedIn paid a collective appeal against the platform for $ 6.625 million after being accused of overloading advertisers by artificially inflating the number of advertising views of advertisements received between January 2015 and May 2023.
