Following in the footsteps of the Austrian privacy and digital rights group NOYB, the Open Rights Group (ORG) has filed a complaint with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) on behalf of 5 team members concerning Meta's plans to train and develop artificial intelligence (AI) services using years of users' personal posts, images and the online tracking data it has amassed.
The claim follows an email sent to UK users of Meta-owned Facebook and Instagram at the end of May about changes to their privacy policy due to take effect on 26 June 2024. The ORG claims that the changes mean that Meta will rely on legitimate interests to use individuals' information to train its AI systems. The ORG also claim that Meta will not commit to honouring users' right to object processing requests. Given that Meta has made no changes to its privacy notice following the 11 GDPR complaints filed by NOYB in June, the ORG felt compelled to act so that "Meta's proposals are shelved , and that the ICO protects the rights of UK residents to the same standard that other DPAs afford in the European Union."
The ORG is urging the ICO to issue a legally binding decision under Article 58(2) of the UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) to prevent the processing of personal data without consent and to fully investigate the matter under Article 58(1) of the UK GDPR.
On Wednesday, ORG published a more detailed blog article about Meta's plans aimed at consumers.
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