"This decision misunderstands how our products work, and we will appeal it," Google spokesman Jose Castaneda said Thursday. "Our privacy tools give people control over their data, and when they turn off personalization, we honor that choice."
The complaint from Charles Borges, the chief data officer at the SSA, alleges that Doge staffers effectively created a live copy of the entire country's social security data from its numerical identification system database. The information is a goldmine for bad actors, the complaint alleges, and was placed on a server without independent oversight that only Doge officials could access.
The law is clear: everyone has the right to privacy, to freedom of expression and to freedom of assembly. These rights are vital for any democratic society," he said. "As such, there must be clear rules which guarantee that live facial-recognition technology is used only where necessary, proportionate and constrained by appropriate safeguards. We believe that the Metropolitan Police's current policy falls short of this standard.
This verdict sends a clear message about the protection of digital health data and the responsibilities of Big Tech. Companies like Meta that covertly profit from users' most intimate information must be held accountable.
Meta argues that generative AI models need large and diverse datasets which can only be achieved through real human discussions found in Facebook and Instagram posts.