Marco Almada (European University Institute – Department of Law) has posted “Automated Decision-Making as a Data Protection Issue” on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
Artificial intelligence techniques have been used to automate various procedures in modern life, ranging from ludic applications to substantial decisions about the lives of individuals and groups. Given the variety of automated decision-making applications and the different forms in which decisions may harm humans, the law has struggled to provide adequate responses to automation. This paper examines the role of a specific branch of law — data protection law — in the regulation of artificial intelligence. Data protection law is applicable to automation scenarios which rely on data about natural persons, and it seeks to address risks to these persons through three approaches: allowing persons to exercise rights against specific automated decisions, disclosing information about the decision-making systems and imposing design requirements for those systems. By exploring the potentials and limits of such approaches, this paper presents a portrait of the relevance of data protection law for regulating AI.
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