EDPB issues new guidelines on anonymization and web scraping for AI development
The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has adopted two new guidelines aimed at clarifying the rules around data anonymization and web scraping, particularly for generative AI development. The guidelines seek to resolve longstanding uncertainties about when personal data is considered sufficiently anonymized to fall outside data protection law. This provides guardrails for the digital economy and AI development while balancing privacy protections.
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The anonymization of personal data is of great importance for data-driven developments in business and technology.
Effectively anonymized information can be processed outside the scope of data protection law, creating entirely new possibilities for data utilization.
However, in everyday practice, there have been considerable uncertainties about when data is sufficiently anonymized.
To close this gap, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has adopted two new guidelines.
They are intended to set guardrails for the digital economy and the development of AI.
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