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   LinkedIn facing lawsuit over accusations private messages used to train AI   
      
   Date:   
   Thu, 23 Jan 2025 12:33:00 +0000   
      
   Description:   
   Lawsuit accuses LinkedIn of sharing user data with third parties for AI   
   training purposes without notifying users, and trying to "cover its tracks."   
      
   FULL STORY   
      
   LinkedIn has been accused of sharing private messages and user data with    
   third parties for AI training in a US lawsuit.    
      
   The Microsoft-owned job site has increasingly looked to position itself as a   
   standard social media platform and has introduced a number of AI tools and   
   features for LinkedIn Premium users.    
      
   The lawsuit claims LinkedIn quietly introduced a new privacy setting in    
   August 2024 which opted users into sharing their data with third parties for   
   AI training purposes.   
      
   "Covering its tracks"    
      
   The lawsuit goes on to state after this change to privacy settings, the   
   company then updated its privacy policy to state that user information could   
   be used for AI training, and the FAQ section was also changed to state users   
   could choose to not have their data shared with third parties for AI    
   training, but opting out would not affect data that had already been used for   
   AI training.    
      
   This behaviour suggests that LinkedIn was fully aware that it had violated    
   its contractual promises and privacy standards and aimed to minimise public   
   scrutiny, the lawsuit alleges, which is seeking $1,000 per user for    
   violations against the US federal Stored Communications Act, and an   
   unspecified amount for California's unfair competition law and breach of   
   contract.    
      
   A spokesperson for LinkedIn addressed the allegations, stating, these are   
   false claims with no merit (Via BBC ).The changes to the LinkedIn privacy   
   policy were not enacted for users in the UK, European Economic Area, and   
   Switzerland, an email sent to users last year says.    
      
   In 2024, LinkedIn settled a class action lawsuit against the platform for   
   $6.625 million after being accused of overcharging advertisers by    
   artificially inflating the number of views video adverts received between   
   January 2015 and May 2023.   
      
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   Link to news story:   
   https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/linkedin-facing-lawsuit-over-accusation   
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