Why Is LinkedIn Opting Me Into Training Its AI By Using My Data BY DEFAULT????
I have to admit that LinkedIn really screwed this up and trusting them going forward is going to be difficult. 404 Media is reporting the following:
LinkedIn is using its users’ data for improving the social network’s generative AI products, but has not yet updated its terms of service to reflect this data processing, according to posts from various LinkedIn users and a statement from the company to 404 Media. Instead, the company says it will update its terms “shortly.”
The rest of this is paywalled. But this one paragraph alone will make you say “WTF? Not only that, if you look on your LinkedIn app, you’re opted into this by default:
I got to this screen by going to my LinkedIn App and going to:
Account
Settings and Privacy
Data Privacy
Data for Generative AI Improvement
I don’t know which bothers me more. The fact that they want to use my data without having their terms of service reflect that, or that I’ve been opted into this which forces me to opt out rather than given the choice to opt in. The fact is clear that were it not for 404 Media, I would have had no clue and LinkedIn would have been using whatever data I have on LinkedIn forever. That seems wrong on so many levels, and needs to be called out. Or in my case, I need to push this out via this blog so that people see this and decide if this is LinkedIn being an honest broker, or if they were doing something that on the surface appears to be kind of shady.
This entry was posted on September 18, 2024 at 2:37 pm and is filed under Commentary with tags LinkedIn. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.
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Why Is LinkedIn Opting Me Into Training Its AI By Using My Data BY DEFAULT????
I have to admit that LinkedIn really screwed this up and trusting them going forward is going to be difficult. 404 Media is reporting the following:
LinkedIn is using its users’ data for improving the social network’s generative AI products, but has not yet updated its terms of service to reflect this data processing, according to posts from various LinkedIn users and a statement from the company to 404 Media. Instead, the company says it will update its terms “shortly.”
The rest of this is paywalled. But this one paragraph alone will make you say “WTF? Not only that, if you look on your LinkedIn app, you’re opted into this by default:
I got to this screen by going to my LinkedIn App and going to:
I don’t know which bothers me more. The fact that they want to use my data without having their terms of service reflect that, or that I’ve been opted into this which forces me to opt out rather than given the choice to opt in. The fact is clear that were it not for 404 Media, I would have had no clue and LinkedIn would have been using whatever data I have on LinkedIn forever. That seems wrong on so many levels, and needs to be called out. Or in my case, I need to push this out via this blog so that people see this and decide if this is LinkedIn being an honest broker, or if they were doing something that on the surface appears to be kind of shady.
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This entry was posted on September 18, 2024 at 2:37 pm and is filed under Commentary with tags LinkedIn. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.