The Privacy and Data Protection Journal has published an article by Duc Tran and Tariq Salameh, exploring the approach being taken by the UK government to the regulation of AI systems. With the overarching aim of facilitating innovation and growth, the UK government has proposed changes to the regulation of AI in the UK including: … Read more

Alongside the introduction of the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill to Parliament on 18 July 2022 (see our blog post on this here), the UK Government published a Policy Paper containing a proposed framework for regulating the use of AI in the UK (the ‘Paper’). The Paper advocates for a light-touch approach towards the … Read more

Recent years have seen growing scrutiny of the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in financial services and a greater awareness of the potential of these technologies. It is no surprise that questions of AI fairness and bias are increasingly front of mind. Existing law is not keeping up with the rise and speed of new technology. With UK Finance, we have published a white paper, as a contribution to the debate on how to apply ethical principles in practice to the benefit of firms and customers. Our use of practical scenarios has helped refine our understanding of the fair use of AI and the practical challenges of building a high-level ethical framework. Read more

Executive Summary On 12 October 2021, the Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO“) opened its consultation in relation to the use of the beta version of its AI and data protection risk mitigation and management toolkit (the “Consultation“). The Consultation runs until 1 December 2021 and the ICO is seeking responses from all industry sectors and from … Read more

China’s Personal Information Protection Law (“PIPL”) was passed on 20 August 2021. PIPL presents certain challenges for compliance, which is required when it comes into force on 1 November 2021. Overview Lack of clarity over what constitutes consent Lack of clarity over “contract necessity” as a complete exception to consent Safeguards for transferring personal information … Read more

The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) and the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) published a joint opinion on 18 June 2021 on the European Commission’s proposed artificial intelligence (AI) regulation. For further information on the European Commission’s proposal itself, please see our previous blog post here. In the joint opinion, the EDPB and the EDPS … Read more

Key takeaways The European Union Commission released its long awaited proposed regulation of artificial intelligence on 21 April 2021 (see press release here), which sets out a risk-based approach to regulation designed to increase trust in the technology and ensure the safety of people and businesses above all. The regulation has extra-territorial scope meaning that … Read more

Happy International Data Privacy Day! And what better day than today, to explore what 2021 is likely to have in store for data and privacy? Almost three years after the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into force, and now 28 days since the UK GDPR replaced it in the UK following Brexit, data … Read more