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EDPB Opinion 28/2024 on AI models

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Official metadata

Official title
Opinion 28/2024 on certain data protection aspects related to the processing of personal data in the context of AI models
Official reference
EDPB Opinion 28/2024
Document type
Opinion
Document date
2024-12-17
Document date kind
Institutional adoption
Document-date evidence
European Data Protection Board · PDF page 1, adopted on 17 December 2024 — Institutional adoption date of this text.
Publication date
2024-12-18
Publication-date evidence
European Data Protection Board · Official publication date field — Official publication of this English document, before the 4 September 2026 cutoff.
Version label
Adopted opinion
Legal status
Non binding
Language
en

Research classifications

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Record level
Principal
Version status
Final
Temporal collection
Contemporary EU AI policy
Relevance class
Direct AI relevance
Policy stage
Adoption
Corpus tier
Directly related
Sectors
  • General cross sector
Policy membership
  • EU AI policy pathway

Classification evidence

  • Relevance class: Direct AI relevance · European Data Protection Board · Executive summary, pages 2–4 — AI is the substantive policy subject of this document.
  • Sector tags: General cross sector · European Data Protection Board · Executive summary, pages 2–4 — General data-protection analysis of AI model development and deployment.
  • Provenance tags: Authored by an EU agency or body · European Data Protection Board · Cover and introduction: EDPB opinion adopted 17 December 2024 — The report or opinion identifies its EU body as author.
  • Provenance tags: Officially published · European Data Protection Board · Official document page and English download — Official publication and this English manifestation are evidenced.

Production provenance

Provenance tags
  • Authored by an EU agency or body
  • Officially published
Named bibliographic authors
None recorded after review
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Research assessment

Inclusion rationale
Addresses anonymity of trained models, legitimate interests for development/deployment, and consequences of unlawful personal-data processing during model development.
Researcher notes
Adoption on 17 December is distinct from publication on 18 December 2024. One adopted opinion; its Irish-authority request is a separate input.
Review status
verified

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Verification

Expanded evidence review
Verified
Reviewed by
Yichen Hao
Evidence review date
2026-09-06T00:41:49.332+01:00

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  • Last verified: 2026-09-06T00:41:49.332+01:00 · EDPB official publication page identifies Opinion 28/2024 on certain data protection aspects related to the processing of personal data in the context of AI models, displays 18 December 2024 and links the opinion PDF. This is page-level publication evidence, not an independent check of the adoption date or full opinion text.
  • Last verified: 2026-09-06T00:41:49.332+01:00 · English primary text reopened on 6 September 2026 (Europe/London). Reviewed Executive summary, pages 2–4; identity and attribution checked. Adoption on 17 December is distinct from publication on 18 December 2024. One adopted opinion; its Irish-authority request is a separate input.

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