The South African Association for Information Security (SAAIA) has lodged a formal complaint with the Information Regulator regarding LinkedIn’s use of local user data to train its artificial intelligence (AI) models without seeking permission. The association says LinkedIn’s actions may violate South Africa’s data protection laws, specifically the Protection of Personal Information Act (Popia).
According to LinkedIn’s privacy policy, if a user has a subscription, the platform can use their data to improve its AI services without needing to ask for explicit permission. has lodged a formal complaint with the Information Regulator regarding LinkedIn’s use of local user data to train its artificial intelligence models without seeking permission.
“Our letter of complaint to the Information Regulator is focused on LinkedIn’s use of South African users’ personal information to train its generative artificial intelligence models,” Adams said in a statement. Popia outlines how organisations should collect and use personal information, and the association believes LinkedIn is not following these rules. They are asking the Information Regulator to investigate the situation.
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