PQ 212
212. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the rationale for the Irish Presidency of the Council of the European Union's draft text of amendments to GDPR with respect to AI developers' use of personal data (details supplied); and if she accepts that naming "legitimate interest" as a basis for AI developers to use people's personal data to build, train and run AI amounts to not requiring AI companies to ask for permission first. [69709/26]
Introduced
1 October 2026
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1 October 2026 · EU Presidency
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written
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Pádraig Rice
Subjects
European Union, Artificial intelligence, Privacy
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1 October 2026
European Union · Artificial intelligence · Privacy
Summary
212. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the rationale for the Irish Presidency of the Council of the European Union's draft text of amendments to GDPR with respect to AI developers' use of personal data (details supplied); and if she accepts that naming "legitimate interest" as a basis for AI developers to use people's personal data to build, train and run AI amounts to not requiring AI companies to ask for permission first. [69709/26]
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1 October 2026
EU Presidency
212. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the rationale for the Irish Presidency of the Council of the European Union's draft text of amendments to GDPR with respect to AI developers' use of personal data (details supplied); and if she accepts that naming "legitimate interest" as a basis for AI developers to use people's personal data to build, train and run AI amounts to not requiring AI companies to ask for permission first. [69709/26]
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- Official source: https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2026-10-01/212/
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