AI - ethics within data protections legal framework; Lexology, September 4, 2019

TLT LLP - Emma Erskine-Fox, Lexology; AI - ethics within data protections legal framework

"Privacy and ethics: hand in hand

AI relies on huge volumes of data and often that data contains personal data. But processing such large volumes of data could be at odds with the legal framework contained in the General Data Protection Regulation and the Data Protection Act 2018, which is based on ethical principles. As Elizabeth Denham, the Information Commissioner, stated: "Ethics is at the root of privacy and is the future of data protection".

Recent headlines draw out some of the main ethical and data protection challenges raised by AI. Interesting examples include the babysitter vetting app, Predictim, designed to create a risk rating based on a potential babysitter's social media and web presence (without his or her knowledge). China's social credit scoring system is another example of how significant decisions are being made automatically about people without any human input and without transparency, explanation or recourse."