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The Indian Express: AI firms use same deceptive opt-out tactics as data brokers to confuse users, study finds
May 26, 2026
“A new study suggests that major AI companies are adopting the same deceptive tactics long used by data brokers and other tech firms to keep users from opting out of the sale and sharing of their personal information.”
“Major large language model (LLM) providers such as Google, Meta, and OpenAI, fail to clearly link their data-sharing opt-out forms from their homepages or privacy policies, as per the study published last week by Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), a digital rights nonprofit.”
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