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Nederland - Werknemers monitoren door middel van webcams is illegaal

A Dutch court ruled that that permanent monitoring of an employee through the use of a webcam is unlawful.

24.10.2022

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European Commission - Digital Services Act

The Digital Services Act sets out a new standard for a secure digital environment that protects citizens against the distribution of illegal and harmful content.

21.10.2022

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UK – Consultation on a new UK data protection regime: ‘Data: a new direction’

The UK government has launched a consultation on reforms to create a new UK data protection regime

21.10.2022

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European Commission – Liability Rules for Artificial Intelligence

The European Commission recently published two proposals to adapt liability rules to the digital age, circular economy and the impact of global value chains: one that revises the Product Liability Directive (‘revised PLD’) and another one that introduces an extra-contractual liability regime for AI systems (‘AI Liability Directive’).

17.10.2022

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China - Legislative proposal concerning deep synthesis technology

China has launched a new draft regulation on the governance of deep synthesis technologies and on the protection of the legitimate interests and rights of users.

15.09.2022

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The Netherlands – Report on deepfakes and their legal challenges

A public Dutch research centre has published an extensive report on deepfakes and more specifically on the legal challenges associated with this technology.

08.09.2022

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European Parliament - Study on how to tackle deepfakes in European policy

In response to concerns regarding the deepfake technology a European report was made assessing the technical, societal and regulatory aspects of deepfakes

08.09.2022

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Austria – Action plan to fight deepfakes

The Austrian government has published an action plan to fight deepfakes and how to tackle related societal challenges like disinformation and hate speech

06.09.2022

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Future of Privacy Forum – Automated Decision-Making Under the GDPR: Practical Cases from Courts and Data Protection Authorities

The Future of Privacy Forum has published a report analysing cases regarding automated decision-making under art. 22 GDPR.

29.07.2022

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The Netherlands – Fundamental Rights and Algorithms Impact Assessment (FRAIA)

Algorithms used by the Dutch national government must henceforth comply with a human rights test

14.07.2022

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The Netherlands - Agenda AI

Amsterdam is one of Europe's leading tech hubs and emerging centres for AI innovation. The city has also developed an AI strategy that is committed to ethical frameworks but also seeks to harness the economic potential of AI.

07.07.2022

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Spain – Barcelona: Government measure for a municipal algorithms and data strategy for an ethical promotion of AI

The Municipal Council of the city of Barcelona has adopted an ethical and trustworthy municipal AI strategy that aims to facilitate scientific advances, preserve the city’s technological leadership and guarantee the digital rights of citizens.

06.07.2022

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Verenigde Staten van Amerika - The New York City AI Strategy

New York City heeft een strategische visie opgesteld over hoe het als gemeenschap wil gebruik maken van AI, met de nadruk op ethiek en verantwoordelijkheid.

05.07.2022

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Council of Europe – Possible Elements of a Legal Framework on AI

The Ad Hoc Committee on Artificial Intelligence (CAHAI) of the Council of Europe has adopted a report outlining the various elements that could be included in a legal framework on AI.

24.06.2022

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European Commission - European Parliament - Council of the EU – Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Health Data Space

The European Health Data Space (EHDS) regulation aims to enhance individuals' access to and control over their electronic health data while establishing a health-specific data environment that enables cross-border digital health services and facilitates data reuse for research and innovation to benefit European patients.

15.06.2022

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Europe – Trouble for facial recognition company Clearview in Europe

The Italian, French and British Data Protection Authorities find Clearview in breach of data protection rules.

15.06.2022

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European Commission - The EU Strategy on standardisation

The European Commission presents its strategy to strengthen the European standardisation system.

08.06.2022

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Belgium/Flanders – Proposal of resolution on the opportunities of AI and the conditions for its implementation in Flanders

This resolution includes some additional action plans that build on the efforts already made under the Flemish Policy Plan on Artificial Intelligence

11.05.2022

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Belgium - Study on Potential Policy Measures to Promote the Uptake and the Use of AI in Belgium in Specific Economic Domains

The Belgian FPS Economy published an extensive study in relation to the impact of AI on Belgian economic law (e.g. IP, insurance, competition law etc.)

28.04.2022

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Flanders – Flemish Data strategy

The Flemish government approved a data strategy and ann associated action plan

04.04.2022

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Belgium – unlawful use of facial recognition by federal police

The Belgian Supervisory Body for Police Information ruled that the use of facial recognition software of the company Clearview AI by the federal police was unlawful.

04.04.2022

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European Commission – Proposal for a Data Act

The European Commission proposed a Data Act. This act includes e.g. new rules on B2C and B2B data sharing (use, access and portability) and B2G data sharing.

24.03.2022

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OECD - OECD Framework for the Classification of AI systems

The OECD has published a user-friendly framework to help policy makers classify different types of applied AI systems

08.03.2022

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France & Austria– Use of Google Analytics deemed illegal

The French and Austrian data protection authorities ruled that the use of Google Analytics violates the GDPR

07.03.2022

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ENISA - Data Protection Engineering: From Theory to Practice

The European Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) published a new report regarding techniques for data protection by design

16.02.2022

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Germany – Facebook must allow pseudonyms

The German federal supreme court has judged that Facebook must allow the use of pseudonyms on its platform.

14.02.2022

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UK - The roadmap to an effective AI assurance ecosystem

The Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation (CDEI) published a roadmap in December 2021 which lists the steps necessary to establish a leading UK ecosystem of tools and services in order to ensure trust in AI.

10.02.2022

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China – New legislation regarding algorithmic recommendations

The Chinese governement published a new set of rules for algorithmic recommendations.

07.02.2022

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Spain – A State Agency for the Supervision of Artificial Intelligence and Control of Algorithms

The Spanish government will set up a state agency to monitor AI and supervise algorithms this year

25.01.2022

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United Kingdom - AI Standards Hub

The United Kingdom establishes a pilot AI Standards Hub

24.01.2022

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