{"id":258951,"date":"2026-05-29T13:43:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T17:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/29\/exclusive-meta-tool-to-track-employee-mouse-clicks-on-collision-course-with-eu-privacy-rules-2\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T14:25:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T18:25:08","slug":"exclusive-meta-tool-to-track-employee-mouse-clicks-on-collision-course-with-eu-privacy-rules-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/29\/exclusive-meta-tool-to-track-employee-mouse-clicks-on-collision-course-with-eu-privacy-rules-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive: Meta tool to track employee mouse clicks on collision course with EU privacy rules"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/meta-tool-track-employee-mouse-clicks-collision-course-with-eu-privacy-rules-2026-05-29\/\">Exclusive: Meta tool to track employee mouse clicks on collision course with EU privacy rules<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/meta-tool-track-employee-mouse-clicks-collision-course-with-eu-privacy-rules-2026-05-29\/\">https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/meta-tool-track-employee-mouse-clicks-collision-course-with-eu-privacy-rules-2026-05-29\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-29 13:43:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.reuters.com\">www.reuters.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul data-testid=\"Summary\" class=\"summary-module__summary__QjADA\">\n<li data-testid=\"Body\" class=\"text-module__text__0GDob text-module__dark-grey__UFC18 text-module__regular__qJJtA text-module__small__sph8i body-module__base__o--Cl body-module__small_body__gOmDf summary-module__point__UgXPz\">Meta acknowledges its MCI tool can capture EU employee communications<\/li>\n<li data-testid=\"Body\" class=\"text-module__text__0GDob text-module__dark-grey__UFC18 text-module__regular__qJJtA text-module__small__sph8i body-module__base__o--Cl body-module__small_body__gOmDf summary-module__point__UgXPz\">Privacy advocates warn that even limited tracking of EU data could violate GDPR<\/li>\n<li data-testid=\"Body\" class=\"text-module__text__0GDob text-module__dark-grey__UFC18 text-module__regular__qJJtA text-module__small__sph8i body-module__base__o--Cl body-module__small_body__gOmDf summary-module__point__UgXPz\">MCI tool tracks more than 200 apps and websites, spiking employees&#8217; home internet usage<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>NEW YORK\/AMSTERDAM, May 29 (Reuters) &#8211; Meta Platforms&#8217; (META.O)<span style=\"border:0;clip:rect(0 0 0 0);clip-path:inset(50%);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px;white-space:nowrap\">, opens new tab<\/span> plan to collect detailed records of U.S. employees\u2019 computer usage for training its AI models is more extensive than initially described and set to capture non-U.S. data in the process, according to internal documentation seen by \u200bReuters.<\/p>\n<p>The documents introduce fresh complications for the project \u2014 a key component of CEO Mark Zuckerberg\u2019s broader plan to transform how the company operates around AI agents \u2014 that could draw Meta into a new European \u200cprivacy fight, rights groups told Reuters.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"promo-box\" class=\"text-module__text__0GDob text-module__dark-grey__UFC18 text-module__regular__qJJtA text-module__small__sph8i body-module__base__o--Cl body-module__small_body__gOmDf article-body-module__promo-box__hVl8h\"> Sign up  here.<\/p>\n<p>The Facebook and Instagram owner told staff last month it was launching the tool to capture how people use computers, including mouse movements, clicks and navigation through dropdown menus, in order to build AI agents that can perform everyday software tasks autonomously.<\/p>\n<p>The tool, called Model Capability Initiative, or MCI, is pulling in data from more than 200 apps and websites, according to a list Meta shared with staffers. 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