I want to believe in the promise of Generative Artificial Intelligence products and consumer services, I’m the client, I pay for these services, I don’t want to provide inherent trust these companies will always have my privacy in mind forever. Enterprise products that were once considered secure, private and safe now introduce spyware to serve up my data to AI models, marketing, and business partners at will, while I pay them, that’s not right.
If I purchase any device it comes with a terms of service and privacy notice limiting my rights. These provide ongoing permissions that can be modified by them at any time. Data collection of product details and usage is almost always included, that’s okay, they need to correct problems and improve. Sharing my information with third-parties for marketing, for their additional revenue, no. Worse they always reserve the right to modify their agreements at any time putting older information at risk.
I want a terms and service agreement that I control, one that permits and restricts categories of personal data in exchange for their products and services. If companies don’t accept our terms they can’t sell us their services, that’s okay. It might seem unlikely but when companies are required to think privacy first, client first, they would self regulate what is actually required to provide and maintain their services. Privacy terms and services should be under our control. Permission given, not taken.
