LinkedIn faces a class-action lawsuit from Premium customers claiming their private messages were shared without consent to train generative AI models. The suit alleges that LinkedIn made deceptive updates to its privacy policy and failed to provide customers clear options regarding data sharing. Plaintiffs argue this was an attempt to obscure privacy violations. They seek unspecified damages for breach of contract and violations of California's unfair competition law, including statutory damages under the federal Stored Communications Act. Microsoft has not yet commented on the lawsuit.
According to a proposed class action filed on Tuesday night on behalf of millions of LinkedIn Premium customers, LinkedIn quietly introduced a privacy setting last August that let users enable or disable the sharing of their personal data.
LinkedIn then discreetly updated its privacy policy on Sept. 18, 2024, to say data could be used to train AI models, and in a 'Frequently Asked Questions' hyperlink said opting out 'does not affect training that has already taken place.'
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