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LinkedIn is facing a legal dispute after its members alleged that it was sharing private messages with third-party organisations to train its AI models.
The social media platform for business faces a proposed class action representing millions of its Premium customers whose private data was shared with third parties for AI training, or sent an InMail message before 18 September.
According to the class action, LinkedIn changed its privacy policy on 18 September 2024 to allow data to be used to train AI models. However, while it offered an opt-out option, LinkedIn said that opting out would not affect “training that has already taken place”.
The class action said that LinkedIn was aware it was using the data to train its AI and that it breached its promise to only use data to improve its offerings and violated user privacy. It also said that the privacy policy update was an attempt for the company to “cover its tracks”.
However, speaking with PYMNTS, a spokesperson for LinkedIn said the claims were baseless.
“These are false claims with no merit,” the spokesperson said.
The class action seeks US$1,000 per person affected by violations of the US federal Stored Communications Act, as well as unspecified damages for violating California’s competition law and breach of contract.
The lawsuit has been filed in the Federal Court of San Jose, California.
This is an ongoing story. Cyber Daily will provide an update as the story develops.
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