{"id":243974,"date":"2026-05-11T18:29:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T22:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/11\/privacy-commissioners-report-on-openai-emphasizes-calgarians-need-for-better-online-safety\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T18:35:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T22:35:07","slug":"privacy-commissioners-report-on-openai-emphasizes-calgarians-need-for-better-online-safety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/11\/privacy-commissioners-report-on-openai-emphasizes-calgarians-need-for-better-online-safety\/","title":{"rendered":"Privacy commissioners’ report on OpenAI emphasizes Calgarians’ need for better online safety"},"content":{"rendered":"

Privacy commissioners’ report on OpenAI emphasizes Calgarians’ need for better online safety<\/a><\/p>\n

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Publish Date: 2026-05-11 18:29:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: livewirecalgary.com<\/a><\/p>\n

As cybercrime continues to rise in Calgary, a joint provincial inquiry into the generative artificial intelligence company found that certain versions of its popular software, ChatGPT, violated several Canadian privacy laws.<\/p>\n

Conducted through the combined efforts of the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada and authorities in Alberta, British Columbia, and Quebec, the May 6 report investigated the extent to which the program collected, used, and disclosed citizens\u2019 personal information.<\/p>\n

Regulators found that two versions of the software, GPT-3.5 and 4 \u2014 released less than a year after ChatGPT\u2019s November 2022 launch \u2014 failed to adequately obtain user consent upon gathering \u201cvast amounts\u201d of data.<\/p>\n

The investigation uncovered that many users did not understand that their conversations were being used to train the AI model, and that some of the information collected from social media and online discussion forums contained sensitive details, including those of underage patrons.<\/p>\n

From this, the document determined that much of the information was later unconsensually and inaccurately regurgitated as opinions under the guise of fact, thereby spreading misinformation and infringing on users\u2019 right to privacy.<\/p>\n

These findings prompted the regulators to recommend changes to OpenAI\u2019s operations. The identified issues have since been marked as resolved, subject to the company updating its privacy policy to improve user consent and the accuracy of its outputs.<\/p>\n

Regardless, Alberta Information and Privacy Commissioner Diane McLeod said that, even with these improvements, the software\u2019s actions remain discouraging, especially considering that the platform was launched long after the province\u2019s private-sector privacy law was enacted in 2004.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom the Alberta perspective, I want to note first that it is unfortunate and disappointing that technology companies have moved ahead so quickly with new developments and innovations,…<\/p>\n

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