Samsung Will Delete Your Health Data If You Refuse AI Training Consent
Samsung will delete your health data if you don't let them use it to train AI
I am highlighting a controversial new policy where Samsung threatens to erase user health data if individuals do not consent to its use for training artificial intelligence. This move forces consumers into an all-or-nothing choice between data privacy and retaining their personal health records on the platform. The situation raises serious questions about corporate power and the future of digital consent in the age of AI.
Samsung will delete your health data if you don't let them use it to train AI.
- rdtsc
> The company plans to grab four categories: your sleep, your medications, your medical records, and your cycle tracking details
So you buy a device but you can't effectively use half of its features because you'd also have to agree to send them your medical records? Ok then if I refuse, will they refund 50% of the device price since now it's not usable any more?
- sunaookami
Bought a Galaxy Watch 7 two years ago, the hardware is good and One UI on the watch itself is also quite good (and the last major update improved it) but Samsung Health is such a shit app. Constant ads for some "courses" or videos and things I don't care about. Downloading my personal data doesn't even work, it sends me right to the browser with an error message that I'm "not logged in correctly" and it wants access to all my pictures & videos (seems like a wrong permission prompt there but when I decline it it also fails with "we need access to all your photos & videos". Why? Just send me a download link via email or use SAF and let me pick a download location).
Thanks to this article I also noticed the UI was redesigned. At least I could keep my layout but it didn't work like it should, it added some useless cards. It also asked about new "optional" data sharing which I of course declined. There is now a notice that my data wasn't backupped to my Samsung account the last 3 days (???) and the data synchronization doesn't work, the buttons do nothing, it just says "disabled" even though everything is enabled... typical Samsung shitware. Haven't noticed anything with AI training (there is no option) but I'm also in the EU.
- aleph_minus_one
Where is the catch? You rather get two good things if you don't agree:
- Samsung deletes your sensitive health data
- Samsung does not use this data to train some AI
:-)
- gmuslera
In some way they are telling that they respect your privacy. Or they have your data (and then do something with it, now or later), or no one will.
They could provide some Google-style takeout to get your data before deletion, but that may not have any meaning or practical use without their devices and software.
- gardnr
This is like Google Ultra for personal accounts. I signed up to see what it was like and then assumed I would be able to disable training on my data as a paid customer. The only way to disable training on paid personal accounts is to disable history (no chat logs) which makes the service much less useful for me.
For Google Workspace accounts that use the Ultra plan you can disable training while retaining history. I didn't bother signing up again. It is user-hostile.
- datadrivenangel
shouldn't this get them turbo obliterated in europe?
- vcryan
Yes, please - delete my health data. I want my health data - I didn't want Samsung or anyone else to have it unless I provide it. And even then, you can't keep it - you can look at it. It's mine.
- gdulli
Something I appreciate about Samsung phones is that having a Samsung account is completely optional. I've never had one. If I accidentally click on one of the dumb AI features I'm not even allowed to use it without an account.