The policy prohibits using Cohere's AI to build applications that secretly track, monitor, or profile individuals without their knowledge or authorization.
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This provision covers location tracking, communications monitoring, and unauthorized profiling, which are categories of data processing subject to significant regulatory obligations under privacy frameworks including GDPR, CCPA, and sector-specific wiretapping laws.
Interpretive note: The phrase 'unauthorized purposes' is not defined and requires case-by-case assessment against applicable privacy law standards for lawful processing basis.
Operators cannot use Cohere's services to build covert surveillance tools, location trackers, or unauthorized profiling systems targeting individuals, providing a contractual protection for end users against certain privacy-invasive applications built on the platform.
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"Do not use Cohere's services to build tools designed to surveil individuals without their knowledge or consent, including tracking location, monitoring communications, or building profiles of individuals for unauthorized purposes.Excerpt from Cohere's Responsible Use Policy
REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: This provision engages GDPR Articles 5 and 6 (lawful basis for processing and data minimization), CCPA provisions on sensitive personal information, the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) and state wiretapping laws in the …
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This provision covers location tracking, communications monitoring, and unauthorized profiling, which are categories of data processing subject to significant regulatory obligations under privacy frameworks including GDPR, CCPA, and sector-specific wiretapping laws.
Operators cannot use Cohere's services to build covert surveillance tools, location trackers, or unauthorized profiling systems targeting individuals, providing a contractual protection for end users against certain privacy-invasive applications built on the platform.
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