Ebay using Personal Data to train AI - Privacy Policy

[moonlight-rhapsody]

Ebay updated their Privacy Policy on 21st April.  Our friends in Germany have picked up that Ebay is now using our personal data to train their AI programs, and the German data protection regulatory body has objected on the following grounds.

"It is currently not sufficiently clear which personal data of users will be used. The exact purposes of the intended AI training remain unclear, as does the question of who is allowed to use the data.

Furthermore, there is a lack of information about which AI models will be used. In our opinion, the requirements for transparency regarding the planned data processing have not yet been sufficiently met."

Souce article 

Buried in the depths of ebay’s Privacy Policy is the ability to opt out of allowing ebay to use our personal data to train its AI programs.   http://accountsettings.ebay.co.uk/ai-preferences

The personal data that ebay collects can be seen at Sections 4.1 - 4.5, Privacy Policy 

I’ve looked back at the email ebay sent on 19 March about the Privacy Policy update.  Although it mentions that there is a new section on AI, it does not tell you that you can opt out or provide a link to the appropriate button.  Nor is it easy to find the opt-out button when you click the link provided in the email.  This seems to me to be more than a little remiss on ebay's part.

[wintersdawn1]

Thanks for that, just opted out 👍

[*vyolla*]

We collect your personal data when you use our Services, create a new eBay account, provide us with information via a web form, add or update information in your eBay account, participate in online community discussions or otherwise interact with us. 

It'll probably implode then 😀.

[parsley2003]

I've opted out too. Strange it's so useless maybe they are using the wrong people 🤔

[inpoughkeepsie]

More sneaky moves....now opted out, thank you

[parsley2003]

No accident it's all be design

[manyjamjar]

So how do I opt out of this ??

[parsley2003]

The link above in op's post

[sunflowers4me59]

Thanks, opted out.

[paulblueandwhite]

Thank you, opted out.

[forapersona1]

Thanks for the link. Now opted out .

[fantailsforme]

Thank you Moonlight-Rhapsody

[edwardian-dreams]

Maybe it was in one of the new update emails on terms and conditions and what bots that people tend to just delete without reading 

should have been a specific email about this specific thing

but they’re all at it harvesting and using

end of the day they can do bugger all with it against your will 

well apart from sell it all on I suppose 😐🙄🙄

[elaine-860560]

Thank you, now opted out.

[tonnesofstuff]

Thank you, that was very helpful.  We have to constantly keep our eyes on the small print with these people.

[department28]

They rely on most of us not reading these 'boring' updates... hope they haven't already assimilated us all... 👾👾👾

It seems to be the case that if you do anything online, someone - or something - is snooping on you...🤓

[comicscotty477]

Opted out - thanks

[infohelps]

Opted out.  Thank you for the information.  These corporations/institutions are getting out of control.    They now operate with the knowledge that people don't read their 'updates' fully, or if they do, they can't understand them properly.  They brazenly carry on with their nasty little policies in plain sight. Everything is  written in such vague and complex terms as to be possible to wriggle out of any situation that is detrimental to them with a suitable team of well paid corporate lawyers.  "It's in the T&Cs so jog on!",  they say. People feel reassured when a company's privacy policy says 'We will never sell your data!"  but they don't realise that technically that means it can be given away  for that all encompassing phrase "for research purposes".     But as we know, you don't get anything for free these days.  

[jennysue_1]

Thank you for making us aware of this...I have just opted out.

[kath3735_wxmjn]

Thank you for that, wonder how long this thread will stay up!!!!