Photobucket opted inactive users into privacy nightmare, lawsuit says
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Class action could foil Photobucket’s plan to turn old photos into AI goldmine.

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A recent Photobucket privacy update revealed plans to sell user photos and biometric face/iris data to AI companies for training. A lawsuit is seeking class action status that would cover anyone who uploaded photos from 2003-2024 and any non-users depicted in the photos.

One of the claims in the lawsuit is Photobucket pulled a bait-and-switch with email campaigns. Claiming to let users “reactivate” or delete their dormant accounts, which then forced them to accept new T&S. Also ignoring emails would automatically opt in users. That’s not informed consent.

  • DerRedMax [comrade/them, any]
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    5 days ago

    Thanks for posting this.

    For those who wish to opt out:

    I've been getting these emails and someone in the comments section said you can delete your account without accepting the new T&S. Just log in and click "I Do Not Accept". I used the link one of the emails to reset my password and deleted my account. I clicked on the option to download your content first and it gave me a link and a download WITHOUT having to accept new T&S.

    Turns out, I had six photos of model rockets. The LLM maw can have 'em.