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EDPB opinion sets GDPR tests for training and deploying AI models

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Source: European Data Protection Board

The European Data Protection Board adopted an opinion on 18 December 2024, requested by Ireland’s Data Protection Commission, on personal data in AI models. It says data protection authorities should judge case by case whether a model is anonymous, sets a three-step test for relying on legitimate interest, and covers the consequences when a model was built with unlawfully processed personal data.

Why it matters

AI developers using personal data of people in the EU got the regulators’ shared test for anonymity and legitimate interest, which national authorities apply in GDPR cases against model makers.

When
18 Dec 2024
ID
WTA-N-2024-0156
Who
European Data Protection Board, Data Protection Commission (Ireland); Anu Talus

Summary by wheresthe.ai, from European Data Protection Board. Checked against the source on 9 Oct 2026.

Read the original at European Data Protection Board

Source copy: download the page as saved on 18 Oct 2026 (PDF). Also held by the Internet Archive.

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WTA-N-2024-0156: “EDPB opinion sets GDPR tests for training and deploying AI models.” wheresthe.ai, 18 Dec 2024. https://wheresthe.ai/d/eu-edpb-opinion-ai-models-gdpr-2024-12/ (source: European Data Protection Board).

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