Today, when data privacy concerns are paramount, Meta Platforms Inc. (NASDAQ:META), the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, has introduced a new privacy setting that prompts a critical question: Is the company’s data request form a genuine safeguard against the intrusion of artificial intelligence into users’ personal information?
What Happened: The newly unveiled privacy feature, buried deep within Facebook’s Privacy Center, specifically addresses “Generative AI Data Subject Rights.”
However, it only pertains to what Meta refers to as “third-party data” obtained from external sources through data scraping, purchases, or licensing agreements, reported Gizmodo.
To make a request, users need to provide only their name, email address, and country of residence. The company stated that it aims to protect user privacy, but the approach raises questions about ...