In August 2023, the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) and 11 other international data protection authorities (DPAs), including the UK Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), issued a joint statement addressing the increasing prevalence of data scraping on social media platforms (SMPs) and other publicly accessible sites.
On Monday, 28 October 2024, a follow-up statement, led by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, including the ICO and 15 other global DPAs, relates to the results of a constructive engagement exercise into SMPs' data scraping practices.
The statement lays out further expectations of SMPs, including:
- The need to adhere to privacy and data protection laws when utilising personal information to develop artificial intelligence (AI) large language models.
- The implementation of robust safeguarding measures that are regularly updated to match advancements in scraping technologies.
- Ensuring that any data scraping conducted for commercial or socially beneficial purposes is carried out lawfully and in strict compliance with contractual obligations.
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