The National Data Protection Authority (ANPD) of Brazil has decided to immediately revoke Meta’s updated privacy policy on the use of individual user data for generative AI system training within the nation.
The preventive action taken by ANPD was published in the official gazette of Brazil on Tuesday.
It halted the processing of personal data, including that of users of the tech giant’s platforms, across all Meta products.
As per the report, for every day that the business disobeys the directive, it will be penalised BRL 50,000 (USD 8,800).
According to the regulator, the decision was made because there was an “imminent risk of serious and irreparable or difficult-to-repair damage to the fundamental rights of affected holders.”
“We’re disappointed by the decision from the Brazilian Data Protection Agency,” Meta said in a statement. “AI training is not unique to our services, and we’re more transparent than many of our industry counterparts who have been using public content to train their models and products.
“Our approach complies with privacy laws and regulations in Brazil, and we will continue to work with the ANPD to address their questions.
According to the Brazilian regulator, Meta will have to modify its privacy policy to remove the clause about processing personal data for generative AI training.
A formal declaration stating that it has stopped processing personal data for that reason must also be presented.
In a statement, the ANPD noted that “there were excessive and unjustified obstacles to accessing information and exercising this right, even though [Brazilian] users could object to the processing of personal data.”
“This is a step backwards for innovation, competition in AI development and further delays bringing the benefits of AI to people in Brazil,” Meta insisted.
We earlier reported that EU regulators accused Facebook parent firm Meta on Monday of violating the historic antitrust laws of the bloc about its newly launched ad-supported social networking site.
