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The Catalan Data Protection Authority (APDCAT) and the School of Public Administration of Catalonia (EAPC) have promoted the debate on the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies on data protection, in a debate that has had the participation of international experts.
The director of the APDCAT, Meritxell Borràs, welcomed the event and took the opportunity to highlight the European regulatory framework of reference in the matter: the Artificial Intelligence Regulation. In this sense, she assured that we have two years to decide how to face the new challenges that it poses to us, and she defended that either we prepare ourselves conscientiously, or the use of artificial intelligence systems will dilute our rights.
He also recalled that the General Data Protection Regulation will also apply to AI systems, and insisted that the Authority will continue to protect fundamental rights and freedoms in this regard, so that personal data is not a commodity for free trade outside of control.
On the other hand, Karina Gibert, professor at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya-BarcelonaTech, focused her intervention on the impacts of AI on rights and freedoms and the challenges of the future. For his part, Alessandro Mantelero, professor of Civil Law at the University of Turin, analyzed the General Data Protection Regulation and the Artificial Intelligence Regulation with regard to the rights to guarantee privacy.
The debate took place around the round table ‘Methodologies for assessing the impact on human rights in the field of artificial intelligence’, moderated by the head of the Legal Department of the APDCAT, Xavier Urios. In addition to Alessandro Mantelero, the participants were Ruben Ortiz, Data Protection Officer (DPO) of the University of Barcelona; Cristina Guzmán, DPD of the Polytechnic University of Catalonia; and Alexandra Lillo, legal technique of the Observatory of Ethics in Artificial Intelligence of Catalonia (OEIAC).
Mantelero spoke about the methodology for assessing the impact on fundamental rights and freedoms (or human rights) in the field of AI, while Ortiz explained the impact assessment on human rights in a use case within the framework of a scientific research project. Guzmán presented the use case of the Advanced Learning Analytics Platform, and Lillo the PIO Model: a tool that promotes compliance with regulations and the adoption of high-level principles and standards.
The Catalan Data Protection Authority (APDCAT) and the School of Public Administration of Catalonia (EAPC) are organizing a day of debate, with the participation of international experts, to delve into methodologies capable of measuring the impacts of AI, and learn about practical cases and successful models for complying with data protection regulations in the use of ICTs.