French Data Protection Authority Issues Guidelines on Legitimate Interest for AI Development

The French data protection authority, the CNIL, has published recommendations on the use of legitimate interest for the development of artificial intelligence (AI) systems, particularly in the context of online data collection through web scraping. These recommendations aim to regulate the use of personal data in AI development, emphasizing the specific conditions that must be met for data processing to be considered legitimate. The CNIL highlights the importance of transparency and the protection of personal data in this context.