Public Procurement Service: evaluator photos uploaded to an outside generative AI service

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Made public · 189 online evaluation committee members

What leaked1

Permanent

  • Photos
  • Photosidentity-check photos taken in online evaluations; the photos carry no name

To-dos

None of the harms this check covers.

Company
Public Procurement Service
When it happened
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Company detected it
Made public
Notice
Leak confirmed
Affected
189 online evaluation committee members · PPS release

How the facts developed

  1. PPS release: one employee uploaded the photos to an outside generative AI service between July and October 2026 while building and testing an internal AI system; PPS asked the AI company to delete them

Outcome

PPS reported the leak to the PIPC on November 6, 2026. No decision.

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