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Generative AI: The Data Protection Implications
This guidance has been prepared by the Confederation of European Data Protection Organization’s AI and Data Working Group. Artificial intelligence is not a new concept for DPOs and data protection professionals. Generative AI, however, is. When OpenAI’s ChatGPT launched in November 2022, the majority of data protection professionals had never heard of generative AI, and were certainly not...
AI and Personal Data A Guide for DPOs “Frequently Asked Questions”
CEDPO AI Working Group16 June 2023 This guidance has been prepared by the Confederation of European Data Protection Organization’s AI and Data Working Group. It is aimed at data protection officers and answers, for them, the fundamental questions that will arise as their work inevitably intersects more and more with artificial intelligence and machine learning software. Artificial intelligence...
CEDPO considerations on EDPB Questionnaire on the designation and position of data protection officers
CEDPO has issued guidance for organisations invited to complete a Data Protection Officer (DPO) questionnaire by their respective Data Protection Authority. This questionnaire is a part of the European Data Protection Board's (EDPB) 2023 activities under the Coordinated Enforcement Framework (CEF). The focus is to gain a better understanding of the role and position of DPOs within these...
Where the Machines Meet the Data: The AI Act and its Implications for the GDPR
The interplay between the AI Act and the GDPR and its likely impact on data protection regulation, and, in particular, how it will affect the role of the data protection officer. In general terms, CEDPO has some concerns about the numerous legislative initiatives that the EU is enacting under the umbrella of its Data Strategy, and, specifically, how these new laws will interface with the role...
CEDPO Opinion on the potential impact of the EU’s proposed Artificial Intelligence Act (A.I. Act) on the role of the data protection officer
Recital 45(a) of the proposed draft AI Act broadly outlines the intended way in which the GDPR and the AI Act will interact with each other: “The right to privacy and to data protection must be guaranteed throughout the entire lifecycle of the AI system. In this regard, the principles of data minimisation and data protection by design and by default, as set out in Union data protection laws, are...
Data protection – design mandate in the age of digitalisation
The German Association for Data Protection and Data Security (GDD) held its 46th Data Protection Symposium (DAFTA) from 17 to 18 November 2022. After purely virtual events in the last two years, the event was traditionally held again in the Maternushaus in Cologne. The political discussion as well as all forums were additionally transmitted via the internet. Prof. Dr. Rolf Schwartmann, Chairman...
