The Swiss Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC) has concluded its preliminary investigation into X, formerly Twitter, concerning the utilisation of personal data by X for training its AI system (Grok) as well as the transparency of these operations and the opt-out options for users. The FDPIC noted that X was compliant with relevant data protection obligations as it had introduced an opt-out mechanism on 16 July 2024, allowing users to exclude their public contributions from the training datasets and manage their data usage preferences
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