Adobe’s latest terms of service show that the firm has access to creations made with its popular software like Photoshop.
Some users expressed their discontent by posting screenshots of the rule change.
“Clarified that we may access your content through both automated and manual methods, such as for content reviews,” the rule reads.
According to the policy, Adobe can access user creations using automated means like machine learning. So Adobe could use user-generated content to train its new artificial intelligence models.
While users can opt out of giving Adobe access to all their created content, the company still reserves the right to access user content in what it calls limited circumstances.
User reaction to the update was heavily negative, with many categorizing the change as a massive privacy violation.
Here it is. If you are a professional, if you are under NDA with your clients, if you are a creative, a lawyer, a doctor or anyone who works with proprietary files – it is time to cancel Adobe, delete all the apps and programs. Adobe can not be trusted. pic.twitter.com/LFnBbDKWLC
— Wetterschneider (@Stretchedwiener) June 5, 2024
Adobe hasn’t commented publicly on the change. However, Jeremie Noguer, product director at Adobe’s Substance 3D modeling software, maintained that claims the company is introducing spyware into users’ computers are incorrect.
“We are not accessing or reading Substance users’ projects in any way, shape or form nor are we planning to or have any means to do it in the first place. I fail to see the point of doing so, and every serious company in the industry would drop us immediately if it was the case,” Mr. Noguer posted on X Thursday.
