The Hamburg Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (HmbBfDI) has issued a warning to Facebook, Instagram, and Threads users regarding Meta's new privacy policy. The policy plans to use personal data from these platforms to develop and improve AI technologies. With billions of users affected worldwide, the Commissioner, Thomas Fuchs, emphasises the urgency for users to object to this data processing by 26 June 2024.

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On 3 June 2024, the EDPS has published its guidelines on generative Artificial Intelligence and personal data for EU institutions, bodies, offices and agencies (EUIs). The guidelines aim to support p EUIs comply with the data protection obligations set out in Regulation (EU) 2018/1725, when using or developing generative AI tools (Photo: Wojciech Wiewiórowski, the European Data Protection Supervisor/EDPS).