# 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.

- Conviction: 38 / 100 (weakening)
- Horizon: Emerging (watchlist)
- Tracking since: 2026-10-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Last updated: 2026-10-29T06:40:54.498Z
- Canonical: https://polylog.news/ai/trends/privacy-law-yields-to-ai-training
- Publisher: Polylog

## Recent score history

- 2026-10-28: 40
- 2026-10-29: 38

## Recent evidence

- [confirms] EU Governments Back a GDPR Change That Lets Companies Claim Legitimate Interest to Train AI on Personal Data (2026-10-28): On October 21, the EU Council backed a GDPR change that lets companies claim legitimate interest to train AI on personal data without consent. It still needs agreement from the European Parliament, and noyb calls it 'digital expropriation', a sign that litigation will be the remaining check.