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Meta's AI data collection tool may violate EU privacy laws

Meta's internal tool for collecting employee computer activity, called Model Capability Initiative (MCI), is reportedly expanding its data collection beyond US employees. The tool, designed to capture keystrokes and mouse movements for AI model training, may now be collecting data from non-US employees, including the content of emails and chats. This expansion could potentially violate the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) due to the nature of the data collected and the lack of explicit consent from non-US individuals. AI

IMPACT Raises concerns about the ethical implications and regulatory compliance of AI training data collection from employees.

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  1. Engadget TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] (Mariella Moon) ·

    Meta's employee mouse tracking program could reportedly violate EU privacy laws

    Meta's mouse tracking tool for employees could capture non-US data and could violate the EU's privacy rules, according to Reuters.