EPIC Comments to EDPB on Guidelines on Web Scraping for AI: Go Further
EPIC submitted comments to the European Data Protection Board urging it to strengthen its draft guidelines on web scraping for AI, arguing the current framework does not go far enough to protect personal data collected from the web.
Why this matters: Every time an AI company scrapes the web, it is collecting information real people posted — often without any expectation it would end up in a training dataset. The EDPB is one of the few bodies with actual power to set rules here. If its guidelines are weak, companies get a soft path to hoovering up personal data at scale and calling it innovation. EPIC's core point is blunt and correct: collecting people's data without meaningful consent is not a technical achievement. It is a choice, and regulators should treat it like one.
Who should care: Lawyers · Privacy officers · AI governance · General readers · Policy
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