A Google recently updated its privacy policy. One of the changes made by the Mountain View giant may raise concerns, especially for those who usually share information publicly on the Internet.
According to latest version of the policy, in the section about the information collected, Google indicates that, “in some circumstances”, also collects data about users from “publicly accessible sources".
When clicking on publicly accessible sources, an additional explanation appears, where the company details that it can “collect information publicly available online or from other public sources to help train Google's artificial intelligence (AI) models and build products and features such as Google Translate, Bard, and cloud AI capabilities".
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In your previous policy, Google indicated that data from publicly accessible sources would be used to “language models”. The use of information to develop Bard and the AI capabilities of the cloud have also been added to the new policy version.
In statements to the The Verge website, Christa Muldoon, a spokeswoman for Google, says the company's privacy policy has been transparent about using publicly available data on the Internet to train language models for services like Google Translate.
"The latest update simply clarifies that new services like Bard are also included.”, indicates the spokeswoman, adding that the company “takes into account privacy principles and safeguards” in the development of its AI technologies.
