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WeTransfer updates T&Cs, allows it to use your data to train AI (filmstories.co.uk)
submitted 3 days ago by mas@jlai.lu to c/technology@lemmy.world
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WeTransfer has announced a change in its Terms & Conditions at WeTransfer, however, which formally comes into effect in August. There’s a paragraph under the heading of ‘Content’, clause 6.3, that might generate some concern among its users.

You hereby grant us a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, transferable, sub-licensable license to use your Content for the purposes of operating, developing, commercializing, and improving the Service or new technologies or services, including to improve performance of machine learning models that enhance our content moderation process, in accordance with the Privacy & Cookie Policy. Such license includes the right to reproduce, distribute, modify, prepare derivative works based upon, broadcast, communicate to the public, publicly display, and perform Content. You will not be entitled to compensation for any use of Content by us under these Terms.

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[–] swizzlestick@lemmy.zip 48 points 3 days ago

Use a different service, or encrypt your data before upload & share password separately. For anything remotely private, should be doing that already.

For chaotic good, upload LLM poison to fuck with the training data.

[–] juanito_the_great@sh.itjust.works 29 points 3 days ago

Direct consequence of this.

https://techcrunch.com/2024/07/31/bending-spoons-acquires-file-transfer-service-wetransfer/

After which they fired 75% of the employees. Now they are trying to milk a dying product.

https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/bending-spoons-lay-off-75-185112177.html

[–] 3dcadmin@lemmy.relayeasy.com 2 points 1 day ago

I'd love to say I believe them in their backing down statement - but being cynical I really don't

[–] eager_eagle@lemmy.world 15 points 3 days ago

That should be the default assumption for every service that hosts user content. Even if it explicitly says they won't use it for XYZ, they might change it at any time.

[–] 3dcadmin@lemmy.relayeasy.com 16 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The real irony is people on facebook moaning about their data being used...

[–] patatahooligan@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago (3 children)

This makes no sense. There might be various reasons a person might want/need to be on facebook. Does that mean they waive all right to privacy in every aspect of their life forever?

[–] 3dcadmin@lemmy.relayeasy.com 2 points 1 day ago

FB t&c basically say that, yes... But saying another free service is stealing their data on facebook when meta has already done that is the irony

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

no, it doesn't. but when you support the platform that's actively eroding privacy worldwide you lose the ability to complain.

you can't change a company by giving them exactly what they want.

that's like complaining to an attacker as they murder you but not fight back.

there are zero reasons to continue supporting big tech, they are clearly attempting to circumvent democracy worldwide.

[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago

You're right it makes no sense in the age of the hypocrite. It feels very unfair to judge people by the choices they make.

[–] andreabont@l.posterdati.it 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)

https://www.techdigest.tv/2025/07/wetransfer-clarifies-ai-stance-after-user-backlash.html "WeTransfer has confirmed it does not use customer files to train AI models, following a wave of criticism and confusion over recent changes to its terms of service"

[–] mas@jlai.lu 8 points 3 days ago

we believe them

[–] xodoh74984@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago

https://github.com/timvisee/send-instances

[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago

Never even heard of it...

[–] Yingwu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 3 days ago

TBH the only reason I used their service was to send pirated stuff to friends. I didn't want to compromise my own/my primary cloud.

[–] tinned_tomatoes@feddit.uk 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Who uses WeTransfer in 2025?

[–] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I still do. Is there something better and still free?

[–] thedruid@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago

Nope. Fuck this company. Do not give in to this. This isn't about tech. It's about control. Do not give it up

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

What do they need an AI for?

[–] mas@jlai.lu 1 points 3 days ago

maybe train an stupid model and sell it