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On 23 February 2026, the CNPD-Comissão Nacional de Proteção de Dados, together with 60 other data protection authorities, signed a Joint Statement on AI-generated imagery and the protection of privacy.
The statement highlights serious concerns regarding AI systems capable of generating realistic images and videos of identifiable individuals without their knowledge or consent, including non-consensual intimate imagery and other harmful content.
It calls on organisations to implement robust safeguards, ensure transparency, and provide effective mechanisms for the swift removal of harmful content, reaffirming that technological innovation must not come at the expense of privacy and fundamental rights.
On 23 February 2026, the CNPD-Comissão Nacional de Proteção de Dados, together with 60 other data protection authorities, signed a Joint Statement on AI-generated imagery and the protection of privacy.
The statement highlights serious concerns regarding AI systems capable of generating realistic images and videos of identifiable individuals without their knowledge or consent, including non-consensual intimate imagery and other harmful content.
It calls on organisations to implement robust safeguards, ensure transparency, and provide effective mechanisms for the swift removal of harmful content, reaffirming that technological innovation must not come at the expense of privacy and fundamental rights.