Personal Data Protection Commission (PDPC)’s Post

🔒📊 The European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) Annual Report 2023 is out, highlighting a year of proactive engagement and adaptation to the evolving digital landscape. Here are the key takeaways: 🚀 Adaptation & Growth: The EDPS has reshaped its structure, introducing new units and sectors to tackle emerging data protection challenges, particularly in AI and technology. 🤖 AI & Legislation: The EDPS has been instrumental in shaping AI policy, advocating for the prohibition of high-risk AI systems and ensuring AI Act compliance within EU bodies. 🌐 Digital Transformation: The EDPS is leading by example in digital sovereignty, exploring open-source software alternatives and launching the EDPS Cloud for secure data sharing. 🔎 Supervision & Enforcement: The EDPS conducted audits and investigations, ensuring EU institutions' compliance with data protection laws, and addressed a significant number of complaints and inquiries from individuals. 📈 Policy & Consultation: With 116 legislative consultations, the EDPS provided expert advice on a range of topics, from the Digital Euro to GDPR enforcement, emphasizing the protection of individual rights. 🌍 Global Collaboration: The EDPS strengthened international partnerships, co-chairing the Global Privacy Assembly's AI working group and signing an MoU with the UK ICO, among other global initiatives. 📢 Communication & Outreach: The EDPS expanded its communication efforts, engaging the public through social media, newsletters, podcasts, and events, including the celebration of GDPR's 5th anniversary. 🏢 Employer Branding: The EDPS continued to attract diverse talent, enhancing its role as a desirable workplace with initiatives like the BlueBook traineeship program. 🔍 Transparency & Accessibility: The EDPS maintained its commitment to transparency, handling 49 access to document requests and exploring participation in the inter-institutional transparency register. As we step into 2024, the EDPS is poised to celebrate its 20th anniversary with a series of initiatives reflecting on past achievements and future challenges in data protection. Stay tuned for more updates and insights from the EDPS as we continue to safeguard privacy and foster a culture of data protection across the EU. #EDPS #DataProtection #AnnualReport #DigitalTransformation #AI #GDPR #Privacy #EUdataP

🔒📊 The European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) Annual Report 2023 is out, highlighting a year of proactive engagement and adaptation to the evolving digital landscape. Here are the key takeaways: 🚀 Adaptation & Growth: The EDPS has reshaped its structure, introducing new units and sectors to tackle emerging data protection challenges, particularly in AI and technology. 🤖 AI & Legislation: The EDPS has been instrumental in shaping AI policy, advocating for the prohibition of high-risk AI systems and ensuring AI Act compliance within EU bodies. 🌐 Digital Transformation: The EDPS is leading by example in digital sovereignty, exploring open-source software alternatives and launching the EDPS Cloud for secure data sharing. 🔎 Supervision & Enforcement: The EDPS conducted audits and investigations, ensuring EU institutions' compliance with data protection laws, and addressed a significant number of complaints and inquiries from individuals. 📈 Policy & Consultation: With 116 legislative consultations, the EDPS provided expert advice on a range of topics, from the Digital Euro to GDPR enforcement, emphasizing the protection of individual rights. 🌍 Global Collaboration: The EDPS strengthened international partnerships, co-chairing the Global Privacy Assembly's AI working group and signing an MoU with the UK ICO, among other global initiatives. 📢 Communication & Outreach: The EDPS expanded its communication efforts, engaging the public through social media, newsletters, podcasts, and events, including the celebration of GDPR's 5th anniversary. 🏢 Employer Branding: The EDPS continued to attract diverse talent, enhancing its role as a desirable workplace with initiatives like the BlueBook traineeship program. 🔍 Transparency & Accessibility: The EDPS maintained its commitment to transparency, handling 49 access to document requests and exploring participation in the inter-institutional transparency register. As we step into 2024, the EDPS is poised to celebrate its 20th anniversary with a series of initiatives reflecting on past achievements and future challenges in data protection. Stay tuned for more updates and insights from the EDPS as we continue to safeguard privacy and foster a culture of data protection across the EU. #EDPS #DataProtection #AnnualReport #DigitalTransformation #AI #GDPR #Privacy #EUdataP

🤖 In an era where data is both currency and commodity, the journey of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) from development to the impressive outputs it is capable of creating is a fascinating one to follow. "From Scraping to Generating: AI’s Pilgrimage Towards GDPR Compliance" is an in-depth exploration of this journey, with a particular focus on the stringent requirements of the GDPR. 💡 The lecture will follow the pilgrimage all the way from GenAI development, relying on vast amounts of data usually obtained through scraping activities with little regard for legal implications. Subsequently, we will focus on the use of the collected data. Once ingested by the system, what becomes of the original data points? This segment will delve into how the adoption of ethical practices and the incorporation of privacy-by-design principles can facilitate compliance with regulatory standards. 📊 Finally, we will consider the outputs. Can the original data ever be extracted from the models, how and why? What does that mean for privacy at a time when every company wants to have its own chatbot? In the lecture we will consider pivotal moments in GenAI development mapping them against GDPR requirements to not only consider if GenAI can coexist with stringent data protection laws but rather if it is able to embody them as part of its core functionality. 📢 Book your spot now.

Are the CEN and CENELEC European standards and European standardization deliverables going to solve the conundrum between #AI and #Privacy issues? Preparing for the exams of IAPP - International Association of Privacy Professionals #AIGP certification, I am indulging in deep aspects of AI Governance, one of these is the Standardization process. According to Annex II of the C(2023)3215, there are general requirements for the European standards and European standardization deliverables, and there are specific ones (depending on the nature of the European standards and European standardization deliverables). I am going to skip the General Requirements and go straight to the Specific Requirements (high risk systems are the MAIN global discussion). 📢 A condensed outline that I managed to compose is: 1. #RiskManagement: Continuous process to minimize risks throughout AI system lifecycle. 2. #DataGovernance: Specifications for data management, quality, and bias mitigation. 3. #RecordKeeping: Automatic logging for traceability and monitoring. 4. #Transparency: Design for user understanding and appropriate instructions. 5. #HumanOversight: Measures for monitoring and influencing AI system operation. 6. #Accuracy: Specifications for performance and relevant metrics. 7. #Robustness: Address errors, faults, and environmental interactions. 8. #Cybersecurity: Resilience against attacks and vulnerabilities. 9. #QualityManagement: System for providers ensuring continuous compliance. 10. #ConformityAssessment: Procedures for evaluating AI systems and provider competence.   🚥 Key aspects to be considered: 🔴 Cover entire AI system lifecycle 🔵 Focus on safety, fundamental rights, and EU values 🔴 Consider specific AI systems and sectors 🔵 Ensure integration with existing systems where applicable 🔴 Address needs of different user profiles 🔵 Enable traceability and monitoring 🔴 Provide tools for measuring performance 🔵 Ensure resilience against various risks 🔴 Consider implementation by SMEs 🔵 Allow for both self-assessment and third-party evaluation 🤓 Conclusion: Privacy enhancement is going to be achieved through standardization. A robust framework that promotes innovation is assuring for a bright AI future... 🌈 🌞 Annexes attached below 👇

According to a recent study by the International Telecommunication Union, nearly 128 countries have enacted legislation to protect data and privacy. However, the rapid advancement of technology and the increasing volume of data generated daily present new challenges that require urgent attention. We must ensure data standards, FAIRness (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable), and cross-domain interoperability to create a solid foundation for responsible data management. We also need to support countries- # Developing and implementing robust data governance frameworks that prioritize privacy and security. # Investing in research and development to create privacy-enhancing technologies and techniques. # Fostering collaboration between stakeholders, including governments, businesses, academia, and civil society, to share best practices and develop innovative solutions. # Promoting digital literacy and awareness among citizens empowers them to make informed decisions about their data. Managing data privacy risks in advanced analytics is not just a technical issue but a human rights issue that demands our collective action. A five approach is shown here to preserve data privacy. Each approach to preserving the privacy of personal data will have an effect on the degree to which the data set remains useful for AI and analytics. CODATA; #TG-FAIRDRR; #FAIRdata

Governments, regulators, and other bodies are working hard to keep up with the rapid pace of technological change and ensure a regulatory framework is in place to govern it. As a result, many recent and upcoming technology, #AI, cyber, and data regulations will require companies to update their practices.   In our new guide, “Routes to #compliance - Global #TechnologyRegulations and enforcement”, we address some of the current and incoming key laws, regulations, and developments across the jurisdictions that apply to companies developing or deploying technology such as AI and Generative AI.   We have provided a roadmap of some of these regulations, related guidance, and relevant timelines from around the globe to help you stay ahead of the curve. Sign up for our guide now: https://lnkd.in/dyDNuQmb

💡Are you developing or deploying technology such as AI and #GenerativeAI? Explore the key recent and upcoming #AI, #cyber & #data regulations and developments in the EU, UK, United States, Middle East and Asia-Pacific in our new Global #TechnologyRegulations and Enforcement guide.

🌐🔐 Happy International Data Protection Day 2024! Today, we celebrate the fundamental right to privacy that is indispensable in our digital age. 🛡️💻 As technology evolves, and AI becomes an integral part of our lives, safeguarding personal data is more critical than ever. On this day, let's take a moment to reflect on the significance of personal data protection, ethical practices, and our collective responsibility in fostering a secure data environment. 🔙2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣3️⃣ Looking back at the state of data protection in Serbia and the EU throughout 2023, the surge in AI has sparked vital conversations about its ethical use and the protection of user privacy. Despite the temporary ban of CHAT GPT in Italy last year, Serbia took a proactive stance by adopting Ethical guidelines for the development, application, and use of reliable and responsible artificial intelligence, and a Personal Data Protection Strategy. Currently, personal data continues to traverse the Atlantic, thanks to the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. Its earlier adoption might have spared Meta from the record-breaking GDPR fine for mishandling data transfers to the US. The phased implementation of DMA and DSA is underway, alongside ongoing efforts on various data protection initiatives, including the AI Act. 🚀 🌍 Privacy knows no borders, and in our interconnected world, collaboration is key. Let's work together to shape policies, technologies, and practices that respect and protect personal data globally. 🤝 Council of Europe EDPS - European Data Protection Supervisor European Data Protection Board #DataProtectionDay #PrivacyMatters #DataProtection #Convention108 #EUlaw #ai #GDPR #DigitalEthics #PrivacyAwareness #RespectPrivacy 

Compliance Challenges: Adapting to the patchwork of global regulations can be complex and resource-intensive. Operational Burdens: New processes and technology may be required for data governance and compliance. Competitive Advantage: Strong data privacy practices can build trust and brand loyalty, attracting and retaining customers. Innovation Opportunity: Privacy-preserving technologies like federated learning offer new ways to leverage data ethically. #globalprivacy #regulatorycompliance #dataanalytics #digitalbusinesstransformation #sustainablebusiness