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Dropbox spooks users with new AI features that send data to OpenAI when used (arstechnica.com)
submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (3 children)

Pinned comment on original article says:

Didn't see it mentioned in the article, but per the linked FAQ it says the alpha AI applies to:

In countries with the preferred language set to English.

Excluding Canada, the UK (United Kingdom), and countries within the EEA (European Economic Area).

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

They set it for me in Canada, so they are lying there

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Hmm. I’m in the US. But I maybe I didn’t tell Dropbox I prefer English back when I signed up nearly 20 years ago.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Does Canada have a GDPR equivalent?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Closest I can think of is "FOIPP" (Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy) in Alberta at least (not sure if the rest of the country has equivalents). But that's mostly things like "you can't share this confidential email with someone else without my permission" kind of thing.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

There is no GDPR issue here.