Gen Launches Tool to Check How AI Services Handle Personal Data
Summary
Gen’s AI Data Checker helps users identify AI and other services that may have their data and review how those services may use or retain it, including for model training, personalization, and advertising.
Key points
- The AI Data Checker is part of Gen’s Agent Trust Hub, which aims to explain data practices of AI services.
- Users can enter an email address or username to check where that information may appear across AI and non-AI services.
- The tool provides information on whether services may use data for AI training, advertising personalization, or retention.
- Users can also submit an AI app or terms-page URL for analysis of its policies.
- The article describes examples of services whose terms or disclosures permit data use for training, advertising, or tracking, while noting that practices vary.
Article Details
- Event Type
- Gen launched the AI Data Checker, a tool within its Agent Trust Hub that helps users examine how AI apps and agents may access, use, retain, or share their data.
- Impact
- The tool is intended to give users greater visibility into data practices across AI services and connected non-AI accounts, supporting more informed privacy decisions. The article reports no security incident or confirmed harm.
Vendors
Applesays it may collect information including location, contact information, identifiers and usage data. Apple's privacy disclosure for the app also says certain identifiers and usage data may be used to track usersGenAnd that shift is happening fast. New Gen telemetry shows nearly one in three desktop users are now interacting with agentic AI services.
Products
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