The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has applied across the European Union (EU) since 25 May 2018. One year on, this paper looks at how the new regulation has affected the daily work of civil society organisations (CSOs).
Algorithms used in machine learning systems and artificial intelligence (AI) can only be as good as the data used for their development. High quality data are essential for high quality algorithms. Yet, the call for high quality data in discussions around AI often remains without any further specifications and guidance as to what this actually means.
How much progress can we expect in a decade? Various rights-related instruments had been in place for 10 years in 2018, prompting both sobering and encouraging reflection on this question.
En el año 2018 hubo tantos avances como retrocesos en materia de protección de derechos fundamentales. El Informe sobre los derechos fundamentales 2019 de la Agencia de los Derechos Fundamentales de la Unión Europea (FRA) analiza los principales acontecimientos en este ámbito, destacando tanto los progresos realizados como los obstáculos que se siguen encontrando. La publicación presenta las opiniones de la FRA sobre los principales avances realizados en las áreas temáticas cubiertas, así como un resumen de las evidencias que respaldan tales opiniones.
En esta guía se explica qué es la elaboración de perfiles, los marcos jurídicos que la regulan, y por qué llevarla a cabo de manera lícita no solo es necesario para respetar los derechos fundamentales, sino también crucial para la eficacia de la actuación policial y la gestión de fronteras. Esta guía contiene también orientaciones prácticas sobre cómo evitar la utilización ilícita de perfiles en las operaciones de vigilancia policial y gestión de fronteras.
The EU Agency for Fundamental Rights’ 2018 Fundamental Rights Forum
brought together more than 700 human rights champions at a time of
widening social divisions and increasingly polarised politics across
Europe.
With enormous volumes of data generated every day, more and more decisions are based on data analysis and algorithms. This can bring welcome benefits, such as consistency and objectivity, but algorithms also entail great risks. A FRA focus paper looks at how the use of automation in decision making can result in, or exacerbate, discrimination.
This Opinion by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) aims to inform the European Parliament’s position concerning the legislative proposal for a Regulation on strengthening the security of identity cards of European Union (EU) citizens and of residence documents issued to EU citizens and their family members exercising their right of free movement. It focuses on the processing of biometric data and complements the opinion published by the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS).
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