Privacy

Abstract

AbstractPrivacy and data protection are concerns raised about most digital technologies. The advance of artificial intelligence (AI) has given even higher levels of prominence to these concerns. Three cases are presented as examples to highlight the way in which AI can affect or exacerbate privacy concerns. The first deals with the use of private data in authoritarian regimes. The second looks at the implications of AI use of genetic data. The third concerns problems linked to biometric surveillance. Then follows a description of how privacy concerns are currently addressed via data protection regulation and a discussion of where AI may raise new challenges to existing data protection regimes. Current European data protection law requires data protection impact assessment. This chapter suggests that a broader AI impact assessment could broaden the remit of such an assessment to offer more comprehensive coverage of possible privacy concerns linked to AI.