However, I often sense that in many places, the country seems to be entrenched in its medieval past.
This decision will not accelerate Italy's progress towards a more prosperous future.
But I am happy to have a watchdog over my basic human rights.
> However, I often sense that in many places, the country seems to be entrenched in its medieval past.
It might be. But not on this front.
For example, what if some italians uses chatgpt and leak things you dont wanna know about italy? That, I believe would prompt otherwise slow-to-act politicians to jump off their rocking-chairs and start making some phone calls.
Not about your neck.
Just a guess.
Lets ask chatgpt what he think about sex:
"It is important to protect oneself during sexual activities to prevent the transmission of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and unwanted pregnancies. Using condoms or other forms of contraception can greatly reduce the risk of transmission and unplanned pregnancy.
Additionally, it is important to communicate openly and honestly with sexual partners about sexual health and STI status, and to get tested regularly for STIs, especially if one is sexually active with multiple partners.
Ultimately, the decision to protect oneself during sexual activities is a personal one that depends on individual circumstances and preferences. However, it is generally recommended that individuals take steps to protect themselves and their sexual partners from potential health risks."
I especially liked the "multiple partners" part didnt you?
Besides, the Vatican has zero weight in decisions taken by the EU.
You are dreaming.
Read the ruling. They are specifically referring to the data leak of some days ago that revealed personal information of GPT users that 1) was not explicitly collected and 2) was available to subjects that should not handle it (other users).
now I am not saying that they have to stop making use of my data, but at least notify me how and where my of phone is being used?
https://help.openai.com/en/articles/6613520-phone-verificati...
This is also covered under the "consent" lawful basis part of the GDPR.
The bug is not a problem. GDPR covers data leaks. If you're an EU company you have to inform your DPA within 72 hours, and the users affected. It's not illegal to have such breaches. OpenAI isn't an EU company so doesn't have a DPA, but it did notify everyone that the leak occurred anyway.
I still don't find the guarantor's request unimpeachable
Nitpick: It asks for your name, email and phone number before you get to use it. Not to detract from your larger point, but people have expressed disappointment about the phone number part.
As long as they're transparent on what they're doing with the data I'm totally okay with it, nobody is forcing you to use ChatGPT.
In other words, it produces real things apart from food.
This is a great privacy initiative that will help Europeans focus further on things that actually matter as opposed to data mining.
Satire aside, the priority in Europe is not a prosperous future — it’s social stability.
If anything this news points to the opposite: that Italy takes privacy seriously in the digital world while large parts of the world are at the "who cares, they already have all my data" stage.
Hear that Italians? If you don't surrender your data and your privacy to American companies you are medieval. According to some other comments, you are fascist too.
I fully agree. But do Europeans in general? Where I am (Sweden) the whole point of politics seems to be to “protect” us from ourselves.
"You are so dumb, you need to be protected by the state doing stupid things with your data."
Oh wait.. the whole world is not a developer. I can definitely see how some people need protection here. Even developers are inputting sensitive code and info about their work. Weird times.
You don't need regulation for companies to tell you that a product contains a harmful substance. You just need a functioning legal system.