New developments and prospects in data protection (with regard to AI). – WS 04 2021

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29 June 2021 | 14:45-15:45 CEST | Studio Belgrade | Video recording | Live transcription
Consolidated programme 2021 overview / Day 1

Proposals: #10 #24 #26 #72 #79

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AI can bring enormous advantages but represents some challenges as well, in particular in the field of human rights. As often used to process personal data, its compliance to existing data protection legal frameworks, laws needs to be seen. GDPR was not designed with AI in mind. Whoever wants to train AI system in the EU faces tough challenges when she wants to use training data that is not fully anonymized. This is particularly true when medical AI applications are developed. At the same time, GDPR is still poorly enforced towards big tech companies. GDPR also provides little regulatory guidance regarding the use AI techniques that can derive very sensitive information like sexual preferences from innocent looking data. Although GDPR imposed a heavy compliance burden on companies, meaningful control over personal data by data subjects is still missing. It might seem that GDPR mostly gifted us with annoying cookie walls. Can one regulation in one region of the world ensure appropriate protection to all? Aren’t there already existing or emerging international laws, solutions? Can't we regulate AI to empower data subjects? For example, some automated ruleset could free us from clicking on the same cookie consent settings again and again.

The EU and the Council of Europe announced plans to regulate AI. However, will that fix these issues with GDPR that have been amplified by AI technology? What is the way forward to turn users from data objects to data subjects being in meaningful control of their personal data and privacy?

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  • Jörn Erbguth

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  • André Melancia
  • Amali De Silva-Mitchell, Dynamic Coalition on Data Driven Health Technologies / Futurist
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  • Alessandro Mantelero

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  • Ms Emanuela Girardi - Founder and President of Pop AI (Popular Artificial Intelligence), member of CLAIRE’s Industry Taskforce and Board Member of Adra
  • Mr Jean-Christophe Le Toquin, Stakeholder relations, Videntifier Technologies ehf.
  • Prof. Avv. Alessandro Mantelero - Politecnico di Torino - Associate Professor

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  • AI has added a new layer to issues of privacy, data protection, and other human rights and freedoms. In this sense, the focus on data is no longer enough in order to address all of the issues. The proposed regulations, therefore, intend to go beyond data protection and to consider the potential consequences and negative impacts of the use of AI.
  • The development of AI requires a paradigm shift. There is a need to move from a human-centred approach to a planet-centred approach and use AI technologies to achieve the 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development.
  • The main problem is that users do not usually know what data they share on the internet on a daily basis and how this data is used. Therefore, investment in educational programs and raising awareness is key to help users understand AI technologies, their benefits as well as their risks.

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https://youtu.be/kQEAIhbWHzk?t=17346s

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