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Thanks. This should have been _opt in_, and not opt out, regardless of any LinkedIn newsletter emails that automatically go to the garbage bin.

by Igrom 1y ago

amelius 1y ago
Surprised the EU did not make "opt in" the mandatory default for something like this.
- thrance 1y ago
  I wish it did, but I am not surprised it does not. The EU remains a fundamentally pro-business organization at its core.
- PunchyHamster 1y ago
  Legislation for the AI slop will take few years probably
- nwellnhof 1y ago
  Making this feature opt-out is a clear violation of the GDPR. Linkedin claims they have a "legitimate interest" in collecting this data for AI training without consent, but this argument is laughable.
  - omnicognate 1y ago
    "Legitimate interest" is abused on an absurd scale
    - dspillett 1y ago
      Even as written in the regs "legitimate interest" shouts "we are your preference not to be stalked by advertisers or provide us with free training material, but fuck you and your silly little preferences we want to anyway so here have another hoop to jump through", and it is stretched even further from there.
- RegW 1y ago
  I'm not in the EU but I am in Europe. It was on for me. From my reading of the article, this is Linkedin (an American company) that has decided to collect data about Europeans - the EU is not involved. Linkedin has decided that making it opt-out is covered by "legitimate interests". So I guess the real issue here is that the rest of you just don't get the option - you are included anyway.
- pred_ 1y ago
  Unlawful processing of data is absolutely not “opt out” by default, and simply assuming that “legitimate interest” applies does not mean that you can allow on opt out. Here's just a quick reminder that if you're a LinkedIn user based in an EU member state, and if you do not believe that “legitimate interest” applies, you can file a complaint with your national supervisory authority (SA)/data protection authority (DPA); see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_data_protection_authority#European_Economic_Area https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_data_protection_autho...
  - pjmlp 1y ago
    Thanks, complaint sent.
    - wuschel 1y ago
      Seconded.
randycupertino 1y ago
Why would they make it opt in? Nobody would sign up for it in that case!

Thanks. This should have been _opt in_, and not opt out, regardless of any LinkedIn newsletter emails that automatically go to the garbage bin.

by Igrom 1y ago

Thanks. This should have been _opt in_, and not opt out, regardless of any LinkedIn newsletter emails that automatically go to the garbage bin.

amelius 1y ago

Surprised the EU did not make "opt in" the mandatory default for something like this.

thrance 1y ago
I wish it did, but I am not surprised it does not. The EU remains a fundamentally pro-business organization at its core.
PunchyHamster 1y ago
Legislation for the AI slop will take few years probably
nwellnhof 1y ago
Making this feature opt-out is a clear violation of the GDPR. Linkedin claims they have a "legitimate interest" in collecting this data for AI training without consent, but this argument is laughable.
- omnicognate 1y ago
  "Legitimate interest" is abused on an absurd scale
  - dspillett 1y ago
    Even as written in the regs "legitimate interest" shouts "we are your preference not to be stalked by advertisers or provide us with free training material, but fuck you and your silly little preferences we want to anyway so here have another hoop to jump through", and it is stretched even further from there.
RegW 1y ago
I'm not in the EU but I am in Europe. It was on for me. From my reading of the article, this is Linkedin (an American company) that has decided to collect data about Europeans - the EU is not involved. Linkedin has decided that making it opt-out is covered by "legitimate interests". So I guess the real issue here is that the rest of you just don't get the option - you are included anyway.
pred_ 1y ago
Unlawful processing of data is absolutely not “opt out” by default, and simply assuming that “legitimate interest” applies does not mean that you can allow on opt out. Here's just a quick reminder that if you're a LinkedIn user based in an EU member state, and if you do not believe that “legitimate interest” applies, you can file a complaint with your national supervisory authority (SA)/data protection authority (DPA); see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_data_protection_authority#European_Economic_Area https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_data_protection_autho...
- pjmlp 1y ago
  Thanks, complaint sent.
  - wuschel 1y ago
    Seconded.

randycupertino 1y ago

Why would they make it opt in? Nobody would sign up for it in that case!