Why the Privacy Guarantor warns OpenAI about ChatGpt

29 January 20244 months ago babelfish

One year after the start of the investigation, the Italian personal data protection authority notified OpenAI of the notification for violations of ChatGpt's privacy legislation. All the details

For the Italian Privacy Guarantor, OpenAI's popular chatbot, ChatGpt, violates privacy rules.

The Guarantor authority for the protection of personal data announced today that it has notified OpenAI, a company supported by Microsoft that manages the artificial intelligence platform ChatGpt, of the complaint for having violated the legislation on the protection of personal data.

Following an investigation launched last year, the regulator believes there is evidence of potential breaches, it said in a statement .

With a provision dated March 30, 2023, the authority chaired by Pasquale Stanzione had temporarily banned the chatbot in our country and launched an investigation into the suspected violation of privacy rules by the artificial intelligence application. ChatGpt was subsequently reactivated in Italy after its creator OpenAI addressed and overcame the issues raised by the Guarantor.

But for the authority there are elements to proceed against OpenAI.

Italy was the first Western European country to curb ChatGpt, but its action drew the attention of lawmakers and regulators in several countries, Reuters reported last year. So much so that last April the European Data Protection Board (EDPB), the body that brings together the privacy authorities of the European Union, established a task force on the chatbot.

All the details.

TODAY'S NOTIFICATION FROM THE PRIVACY GUARANTOR TO OPENAI ON CHATGPT

Following the provision of temporary limitation of processing, adopted by the Guarantor towards the company last March 30, and following the outcome of the investigation carried out, the Authority considered that the elements acquired could constitute one or more offenses with respect to what was established by the EU Regulation, explains today's note from the authority.

LAST YEAR'S RESULTS

Last spring the Guarantor found that ChatGpt lacked "any legal basis justifying the massive collection and storage of personal data" to "train" the chatbot.
Furthermore, the authority chaired by Stanzione had also accused OpenAI of not having checked the age of ChatGpt users who should be 13 years or older. Hence the provision of blocking the app for almost a month in our country.

ChatGpt then returned to work in Italy after the corrective actions of the OpenAI company.

OPENAI'S MOVES TO RETURN OPERATIONAL IN ITALY WITH CHAGPT

A month after the Guarantor's provision, OpenAI announced that it would offer a tool to verify the age of users in Italy at the time of registration. Not only that, the company said it would provide more visibility to its privacy policy and user content opt-out form.

On that occasion, the Guarantor recognized the steps taken to combine technological progress with respect for people's rights, hoping for the company to continue on the path of compliance with European data protection regulations.

But the matter was far from closed there: the authority had in fact specified that it would continue the investigation into ChaGpt by working with the task force established within the EDPB.

THE COMPLAINT FROM THE PRIVACY GUARANTOR

And today the Privacy Guarantor notified OpenAI of the complaint for violation of the rules on the processing of users' personal data at the conclusion of the investigation.

“In defining the procedure, the Guarantor will take into account the work underway within the special task force, established by the board that brings together the EU data protection authorities (EDPB)” added the authority chaired by Stanzione.

WHAT OPENAI SHOULD DO

According to the Guarantor's note, from today OpenAI will have 30 days to communicate its defense briefs regarding the alleged disputed violations.

This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/innovazione/perche-il-garante-privacy-avverte-openai-su-chatgpt/ on Mon, 29 Jan 2024 13:38:57 +0000.