NGnir

@ngnir.bsky.social

M/31. Bri'ish. Furry. Nardo fan. Epic gamer. Hoo'far #1. pfp by sadmishutka.

eBay users! Don't ignore today's email, even though it looks like a boring standard update to the User Privacy Notice. They want to use your data to train AI models. If you click the link over the words "the right to object", it takes you to a page with a toggle button letting you opt out.

Screenshot from a section of eBay UK's r User Privacy Notice.
It reads: 
AI model training

When training, testing, and improving generative AI models, we rely primarily on publicly available data. Some public datasets may incidentally include personal data, and in some cases we may also use certain user personal data, such as information about your use of our Services, including the items you list, sell, view, or buy, where we determine it is necessary and proportionate for a specific use (for example, to train AI models that improve product recommendations). Prior to training, we take steps to mitigate potential privacy impacts, such as de-identifying the data or applying other privacy-preserving techniques. In some jurisdictions, the data used for training as described in this section is not considered personal data; where our AI training does involve personal data as defined under applicable law, including in the European Economic Area (EEA), Switzerland, and the United Kingdom, the legal basis of our legitimate interest is set out in section 3.4.

See section 6 for more details on your rights. To learn more about specific training use cases and our processing of your personal data for generative AI training purposes, including the right to object  to such processing for certain users, visit our Artificial Intelligence at eBay page.

It really pisses me off that I’d just started recovering from my back and neck issues - and was even going to the gym regularly, which is a HUGE step for me - only for some damn cold/virus to completely wipe out all my hard work. I'll get better and continue, of course, but dramatic first etc. 😤

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the UK department of culture and media has a more coherent take on the current state of Twitter than most furries attempting to defend their engagement farming practices

From the Guardian: UK’s culture and media department will stop using X because the site (quote) ‘now favours abuse and misinformation over meaningful debate’, Lisa Nandy has announced.