EU sets up working group to investigate ChatGPT

The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) announced on April 13 that it plans to set up a Special Task Force to investigate ChatGPT after a number of European privacy watchdogs expressed doubts about the technology's compliance with the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The EDPB said in a statement published on its website that the working group aims to "encourage cooperation and exchange information on potential enforcement actions taken by data protection authorities".

The decision comes after Italy's data protection regulator issued a temporary ban on ChatGPT last month over alleged privacy violations related to the chatbot's collection and storage of personal data. In order to restore the service, the Italian guarantor presented a list of data protection requirements that OpenAI must meet, including greater transparency of how ChatGPT processes data, the right of non-users to refuse the processing of their data, and a system of determining the age for signing up to the service.

The ChatGPT debate was added to the EDPB's agenda at the request of the Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD), which requested that the matter be included in the EDPB's plenary session. The AEPD then announced that it had launched an investigation into OpenAI for possible breach of regulations and that it would coordinate with its European colleagues on the board. Concerns about the service have also been raised in France, where the CNIL, the country's privacy watchdog, has received five complaints against the chatbot.

Open AI has yet to respond to the decision.

Source: EDPB

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