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Personal data is used not only to deliver services but also to build and refine AI systems, extending the scope of data use beyond immediate transactions.
Interpretive note: The excerpt names both safety/quality verification and improvement/upgrade/enhancement as purposes; the canonical claim focuses on the improvement and AI training proposition as primary.
The updated privacy notice discloses that Walmart collects text transcriptions when you use voice features such as voice search or the Sparky AI shopping assistant. Walmart states it does not use voice data for biometric analysis and only captures voice interactions when you actively activate a voice feature by pressing the microphone button or similar action. Connecticut residents now receive the same additional third-party disclosure rights previously available only to Oregon and Minnesota residents. If you use voice features, your voice interactions will be converted to text and retained according to Walmart's data retention practices as described in the full privacy notice.
View change record →Walmart is permitted to use personal data for AI training and service improvement purposes.
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"Undertaking activities to verify or maintain the quality or safety of our services or devices and to improve, upgrade, or enhance them, such as training our AI.Excerpt from Walmart's Privacy Notice
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Personal data is used not only to deliver services but also to build and refine AI systems, extending the scope of data use beyond immediate transactions.
Walmart is permitted to use personal data for AI training and service improvement purposes.
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