Brazil's National Data Protection Agency (ANPD) recently issued an important decision to ban Meta from using Brazilian citizens' data to train its artificial intelligence algorithms. The preventive measure came into effect immediately, directly affecting Meta's revision of its privacy policy last month, which originally allowed companies to use user data for AI training.
ANPD emphasized in the statement that preliminary analysis showed that Meta's behavior could pose a serious and difficult risk to users, so he decided to temporarily stop its privacy policy and data processing operations. ANPD specifically pointed out that Meta's legal basis is insufficient when processing personal data, especially the practice of data processing on the grounds of the legitimate interests of the company is unacceptable when processing sensitive data.
In addition, ANPD also expressed serious concerns about Meta's lack of transparency in the changes in privacy policy, restrictions on user rights, and the lack of proper protection for processing minor data. Together, these issues prompted ANPD to take action to protect the data security of Brazilian citizens.
ANPD's decision is based on preliminary findings of Meta's possible violation of Brazil's General Data Protection Act. The agency said it will continue to investigate in depth and take further measures based on the findings.
Meta responded that its data processing practices are fully in line with Brazil's privacy laws and regulations, and promised to continue to cooperate with ANPD to resolve related issues. A Meta spokesperson also said that AI training is a common practice in the industry, and Meta has even surpassed many of its peers in terms of transparency. This decision may have a negative impact on the development of AI technology and its application in Brazil.
Brazil is one of Facebook's largest user markets in the world. As of April 2024, there were an estimated 112 million users on the platform, second only to India, the United States and Indonesia. This decision not only affects Meta's business in Brazil, but also may have a profound impact on the development of global data protection and AI technologies.
Key points:
- Brazil's National Data Protection Agency prohibits Meta from using Brazilian citizen data to train AI models.
- ANPD believes Meta's legal assumptions are insufficient to support its processing of sensitive personal data.
- Meta said its practices comply with Brazilian law and will continue to work with ANPD to resolve the issue.