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LinkedIn is preparing to switch on generative-AI training that draws from European members’ data, setting November 3, 2025 as the go-live date. The company says it will rely on “legitimate interests” as its legal basis and will offer an opt-out so members can refuse use of their data for training—promising that private messages are excluded. The change applies across the EU/EEA, United Kingdom, and Switzerland.

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[–] misk@piefed.social 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The company says it will rely on “legitimate interests” as its legal basis and will offer an opt-out so members can refuse use of their data for training—promising that private messages are excluded.

Is opt-in by default even legal? How are they getting away with this? LinkedIn is absolutely the worst when it comes to introducing new ways of spamming me and every time they do it, which is quite often, I wonder that.

[–] bigFab@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

Every new tech scam is legal in EU for the first six and a half years.