Ireland privacy watchdog opens inquiry into Google AI's compliance with EU privacy laws
"Top EU privacy regulator opens probe into Google's AI compliance", 12 September 2024
Google's lead EU privacy regulator opened an inquiry... into whether the search engine adequately protected European Union users' personal data before using it to help develop its foundational AI Model.
Ireland's Data Protection Commission (DPC), the lead EU regulator for most of the top U.S. internet firms due to the location of their EU operations in Ireland, said the probe concerned the Alphabet Inc (GOOGL.O), opens new tab unit's Pathways Language Model 2 (PaLM 2).
"This statutory inquiry forms part of the wider efforts of the DPC, working in conjunction with its EU/EEA (European Economic Area) peer regulators, in regulating the processing of the personal data of EU/EEA data subjects in the development of AI models and systems," the DPC said in a statement.
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A spokesperson for Google said it takes its obligations under the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) seriously and will work constructively with the DPC to answer their questions.
Earlier this week the Luxembourg-based Court of Justice of the European Union threw out Google's appeal against a 2.42 billion euro fine levied seven years for various anti-competitive practices.