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#dataprotection

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Miguel Afonso Caetano

"Now consider the chatbot therapist: what are its privacy safeguards? Well, the companies may make some promises about what they will and won't do with the transcripts of your AI sessions, but they are lying. Of course they're lying! AI companies lie about what their technology can do (of course). They lie about what their technologies will do. They lie about money. But most of all, they lie about data.

There is no subject on which AI companies have been more consistently, flagrantly, grotesquely dishonest than training data. When it comes to getting more data, AI companies will lie, cheat and steal in ways that would seem hacky if you wrote them into fiction, like they were pulp-novel dope fiends:
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But it's not just people struggling with their mental health who shouldn't be sharing sensitive data with chatbots – it's everyone. All those business applications that AI companies are pushing, the kind where you entrust an AI with your firm's most commercially sensitive data? Are you crazy? These companies will not only leak that data, they'll sell it to your competition. Hell, Microsoft already does this with Office365 analytics:
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These companies lie all the time about everything, but the thing they lie most about is how they handle sensitive data. It's wild that anyone has to be reminded of this. Letting AI companies handle your sensitive data is like turning arsonists loose in your library with a can of gasoline, a book of matches, and a pinky-promise that this time, they won't set anything on fire."

pluralistic.net/2025/04/01/doc

pluralistic.netPluralistic: Anyone who trusts an AI therapist needs their head examined (01 Apr 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
#AI#GenerativeAI#LLMs
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Open Rights Group

The UK Data Use and Access Bill gives the Secretary of State discretion to determine and vary the conditions under which personal data can be processed ⚠️

These changes could be timed to the advantage of the governing Party over its opponents ⏱️

Read our letter ➡️ openrightsgroup.org/publicatio

Joint Letter: Henry VIII Powers in the Data Use and Access Bill could undermine election integrity
Joint Letter: Henry VIII Powers in the Data Use and Access Bill could undermine election integrity
#DataBill#DUABill#dataprotection
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Open Rights Group

Any changes to how Political Parties use our data must be properly scrutinised by the UK Parliament.

✅ The UK Data Use and Access Bill must be amended, so a statutory instrument to create a recognised legitimate interest for sharing personal data can’t be applied to Political Parties.

Read more ⬇️

openrightsgroup.org/press-rele

Open Rights GroupDemocracy groups warn of threat ‘Henry VIII’ powers pose to future election integrityDemocracy organisations, privacy groups and academics have written to government ministers to warn that powers in the Data Use and Access (DUA) Bill could threaten the integrity of future elections.
#DataBill#DUABill#dataprotection
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Open Rights Group

“A few months before the General Election, Lucy Powell MP, now the Leader of the House, talked of Labour’s commitment to “doing legislation better”, with “better planning, better drafting and better scrutiny”.

The Henry VIII powers contained in the Bill mean the DUA Bill [UK] fails to deliver on those commitments. It must be amended so that it does.”

🗣️ Tom Brake – Director of Unlock Democracy.

#DataBill#DUABill#dataprotection
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Open Rights Group

🚨 BREAKING 🚨

🔴 Henry VIII powers in the UK Data Use and Access Bill could threaten electoral integrity.

🔴 ORG's joint letter, signed by civil society groups and academics, warns that a government could change how Political Parties use the public’s data WITHOUT passing a new law.

Find out more ⬇️

theguardian.com/world/2025/apr

The Guardian · Data protection bill leaves room for governmental abuse, campaigners warnBy Rachel Hall
#DataBill#DUABill#dataprotection
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Open Rights Group

Four years ago, human rights campaigner Tanya O’Carroll took on social media giant Meta when they refused to stop collecting and processing her personal data for targeted advertising.

In March 2025, Meta settled and agreed to honour O’Carroll’s right to object.

Now it's your turn to opt-out.

Use our tool to #StopStalkerAds (UK residents) ⬇️

action.openrightsgroup.org/met

Open Rights GroupMeta opt-outIn March 2025, there was a huge victory for your data rights! Meta settled a four year court case with human rights campaigner Tanya O’Carroll. She had taken legal action to force the social media giant to stop collecting and processing her personal data for advertising purposes. Meta have agreed to stop profiling Tanya – and now it’s your turn to say no to stalker ads! If you use any Meta products – Facebook, Instagram, Meta Quest or VR, Threads or WhatsApp – you can use our tool to request that they no longer collect or process your data for advertising.
#meta#facebook#instagram
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