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Morning Edition · Wednesday, October 28, 2026Published at 2:21 AM EDT · New York
EU Governments Back a GDPR Change That Lets Companies Claim Legitimate Interest to Train AI on Personal Data
The Council's October 21 position still needs agreement from the European Parliament, and the privacy group noyb calls the change a "digital expropriation" of Europeans.
European Union (EU) member states have approved a change to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) that would let companies train AI models on Europeans' personal data without consent, AI Post reported. Under the change, AI training…
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Privacy Law Yields to AI Training Demand
Governments competing for AI investment will keep loosening consent requirements for training data, shifting control of personal data from individuals to the firms that already hold it, with litigation rather than legislation as the remaining check.
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