ChatGPT returns to Italy after OpenAI’s revises its privacy disclosures and controls
With the understanding that it will continue to abide by the EU data privacy laws and make any further adjustments required by the Guarantor, OpenAI has been granted conditional authorisation to offer ChatGPT in Italy.
After being temporarily blocked by Italy’s data privacy authorities for alleged violations of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), ChatGPT is once again available to users in that country.
At the end of March 2023, the Guarantor gave OpenAI the order to stop processing ChatGPT data in Italy, ultimately resulting in the service’s shutdown. On 11 April, the data privacy authority notified OpenAI of the specific changes necessary for it to offer ChatGPT in Italy.
With the understanding that it will continue to abide by the EU data privacy laws and make any further adjustments required by the Guarantor, OpenAI has been granted conditional authorisation to offer ChatGPT in Italy. The majority of those adjustments have already been made.
‘The Italian SA acknowledges the steps forward made by OpenAI to reconcile technological advancements with respect for the rights of individuals, and it hopes that the company will continue in its efforts to comply with European data protection legislation’, the Guarantor said in its announcement.
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