Switzerland: Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner investigation into X's use of personal data for training AI Grok

Progress

Current status
concluded
20 Mar 2025 concluded

Scope

Implementers
Switzerland
Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Data protection regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content
ML and AI development
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
data protection authority
Implementation Level
national

Timeline of events

20 Mar 2025
concluded

Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner concluded investigation into X's use of personal data for training AI Grok

On 20 March 2025, the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC) concluded its preliminary investigation into X, formerly Twitter, concerning the utilisation of personal data from Platform X for training its artificial intelligence…

Source
Event type investigation
Action type closure
Government branch executive
Government body data protection authority