eBay joins list of companies who have auto-opted users into sharing their data with AI models

eBay joins list of companies who have auto-opted users into sharing their data with AI models

As reported on BlueSky, if you have an eBay account, they have just automatically opted you into sharing your personal data with their AI models for training purposes.

If you don’t want to do this, log into eBay and then go to https://accountsettings.ebay.com/ai-preferences to opt out.

The number of tools who do this has grow, see these articles from Wired and The Guardian for details on opting out for a range of other plaforms. This includes the list below, also see our article about how to opt out your own website:

  • Adobe
  • Amazon/AWS
  • Figma
  • Google Docs
  • Google Gemini
  • Gmail
  • Grammarly
  • Hubspot
  • LinkedIn
  • Meta
  • OpenAI (ChatGPT and Dall-E)
  • Perplexity
  • Quora
  • Slack
  • Substack
  • WordPress
  • X (Twitter)

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