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Series: AI Colonialism

Series: AI Colonialism

An investigation into how AI is enriching a powerful few by dispossessing communities that have been dispossessed before. From MIT Technology Review on April 19, 2022 https://www.technologyreview.com/supertopic/ai-colonialism-supertopic/

Als je bank denkt dat je een fraudeur bent, mag je niet weten waarom

Als je bank denkt dat je een fraudeur bent, mag je niet weten waarom

Bunq kende een klant een verhoogd frauderisico toe en bevroor zijn bankrekening. Maar de bank wil niet zeggen waarom hij werd gevlagd. Nu eist de klant in een rechtszaak dat Bunq hem tekst en uitleg geeft. Als Bunq dat mag weigeren, blijft geautomatiseerde fraudesignalering bij de banken een black box,

Top 10 operational impacts of the EU AI Act – AI assurance across the risk categories

Top 10 operational impacts of the EU AI Act – AI assurance across the risk categories

https://iapp.org/resources/article/top-impacts-eu-ai-act-ai-assurance-risk-categories

In the Netherlands, algorithmic discrimination is everywhere according to the Dutch Data Protection Authority

In its 2023 annual report, the Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens (the Dutch Data Protection Authority) is dismayed by how much algorithmic discrimination it encounters while doing its oversight. In the year that we are reckoning with the child benefits scandals, the Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens mentions the fact that DUO used a discriminatory algorithm

Government-wide AVG survey 2024 - SZW partial report

Government-wide AVG survey 2024 - SZW partial report

A decision memorandum contains background information that ministers use when deciding on a parliamentary document.Decision memorandum accompanying Parliamentary letter responding to advice of ICT Assessment Advisory Board on Better Working Together program (Machine translated) https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/documenten/rapporten/2024/09/05/rijksbreed-avg-onderzoek-2024-deelrapport-szw

Why Stopping Algorithmic Inequality Requires Taking Race Into Account

Why Stopping Algorithmic Inequality Requires Taking Race Into Account

Let us explain. With cats By Aaron Sankin and Natasha Uzcátegui-Liggett for The Markup on July 18, 2024 https://themarkup.org/premium-penalty/2024/07/18/why-stopping-algorithmic-inequality-requires-taking-race-into-account

"Arnhem-Leeuwarden Court of Appeal ruling: Inspection request personal data Radar forum rejected"

"Arnhem-Leeuwarden Court of Appeal ruling: Inspection request personal data Radar forum rejected"

Art. 15 AVG, Art. 85 AVG, Art. 43 UAVG Inspection request for personal data (Radar forum, moderation) stranded on journalistic exception. (Machine translated) https://deeplink.rechtspraak.nl/uitspraak?id=ECLI:NL:GHARL:2024:4238

Parliament letter on update migration .nl domain registration system to AWS

Parliament letter on update migration .nl domain registration system to AWS

Introduction file to introduce incoming ministers and state secretaries to the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (OCW). It includes the induction program for the minister, explanation of the organization and background information about the ministry. (Machine translated) https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/onderwerpen/digitale-overheid/documenten/kamerstukken/2024/06/21/update-migratie-nl-domeinregistratiesysteem-naar-aws

"Amsterdam court sets higher penalty payment in summary proceedings regarding cessation of unlawful conduct with tracking cookies"

"Amsterdam court sets higher penalty payment in summary proceedings regarding cessation of unlawful conduct with tracking cookies"

Brief. Claim to impose new (higher) penalty payment for the injunction to cease unlawful conduct (by placing tracking cookies) imposed in the court's judgment granted. (Machine translated) https://deeplink.rechtspraak.nl/uitspraak?id=ECLI:NL:RBAMS:2024:3095

Norwegian court confirms € 5.7 million fine for Grindr

Norwegian court confirms € 5.7 million fine for Grindr

Norwegian court confirms € 5.7 million fine for Grindr Today's ruling upholds the multi-million euro fine against Grindr mickey 01 July 2024 https://noyb.eu/en/norwegian-court-confirms-eu-57-million-fine-grindr

European Court of Human Rights: Secret surveillance in Poland violates citizens’ privacy rights

European Court of Human Rights: Secret surveillance in Poland violates citizens’ privacy rights

On 28 May 2024, a precedent judgment was announced by the European Court of Human Rights. The court said that the operational control regime, the retention of communications data, and the secret surveillance regime under the Anti-Terrorism Act in Poland violate the right to privacy. https://edri.org/our-work/european-court-of-human-rights-secret-surveillance-in-poland-violates-citizens-privacy-rights/

No compelling interest in claim for cessation of unlawful conduct related to tracking cookies

No compelling interest in claim for cessation of unlawful conduct related to tracking cookies

No urgent interest in claim for cessation of unlawful conduct related to placement of tracking cookies. (Machine translated) https://deeplink.rechtspraak.nl/uitspraak?id=ECLI:NL:RBZWB:2024:4253

The datafication of race and ethnicity

The New York Times published a fascinating overview of the American census forms since the late 18th century. It shows how the form keeps trying to ‘capture’ the country’s demographics, “creating and reshaping the ever-changing views of racial and ethnic identity.” These ever-changing ways of categorizing people find their

The World’s First Binding Treaty on Artificial Intelligence, Human Rights, Democracy, and the Rule of Law: Regulation of AI in Broad Strokes

The World’s First Binding Treaty on Artificial Intelligence, Human Rights, Democracy, and the Rule of Law: Regulation of AI in Broad Strokes

The Council of Europe’s (CoE) Framework Convention on Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights, Democracy, and the Rule of Law (Framework Convention on AI) was adopted on 17 May 2024, after two years of drafting and negotiation. This is the world’s first binding treaty on AI, focusing on protecting

EU AI Act: The web of regulatory intersections

EU AI Act: The web of regulatory intersections

https://iapp.org/resources/article/eu-ai-act-regulatory-intersections

Collective action over cookie privacy violations - Amsterdam Court of Appeal rules on admissibility

Collective action over cookie privacy violations - Amsterdam Court of Appeal rules on admissibility

Collective action over privacy violations- placement of cookies and building profiles- admissibility- ex nunc review (Machine translated) https://deeplink.rechtspraak.nl/uitspraak?id=ECLI:NL:GHAMS:2024:1651

The EDPS Privacy Guidelines on Generative AI also Relevant to Private Entities

The EDPS Privacy Guidelines on Generative AI also Relevant to Private Entities

The guidelines of the EDPS on artificial intelligence (AI) and privacy are addressed to public entities, but will be relevant also for private entities. The European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) has published guidelines on Generative AI, focusing on the relationship between AI and privacy compliance. On June 3, 2024, the

Amsterdam court prohibits use of 'tracking cookies' without consent - ECLI:NL:RBAMS:2024:3331

Amsterdam court prohibits use of 'tracking cookies' without consent - ECLI:NL:RBAMS:2024:3331

KG 4 major Internet companies are ordered to cease and desist from placing and/or reading 'tracking cookies' without the user's consent. Violation of AVG and 11.7a Telecommunications Act. (Machine translated) https://deeplink.rechtspraak.nl/uitspraak?id=ECLI:NL:RBAMS:2024:3331

Microsoft violates children’s privacy – but blames your local school

Microsoft violates children’s privacy – but blames your local school

Microsoft violates children’s privacy – but blames your local school noyb has filed two complaints against Microsoft for unlawful data processing in 365 Education mickey 04 June 2024 https://noyb.eu/en/microsoft-violates-childrens-privacy-blames-your-local-school

The Garante Issues Guidelines to Prevent AI Web Scraping

The Garante Issues Guidelines to Prevent AI Web Scraping

The Italian Privacy Authority, the Garante, released an information note with detailed guidelines on how to defend personal data published online by public and private entities from web scraping as part of the training of artificial intelligence (AI) systems. These are advisory and not mandatory guidelines that can serve as

EDPS Guidelines on generative AI: embracing opportunities, protecting people

EDPS Guidelines on generative AI: embracing opportunities, protecting people

1- First EDPS Orientations for EUIs using Generative AI 2- The Essence of the Fundamental Rights to Privacy and to the Protection of Personal Data: a Concept Paper3- Improving privacy of European Institutions’ Websites4- Meet #teamEDPS5- Calling All Talent: EDPS elevates to leading employer Discover our 20 Initiatives The guidelines

Be scanned – or get banned!

Be scanned – or get banned!

In the latest in a string of alarming developments, the Belgian government has proposed a new supposed 'solution' to the Chat Control deadlock in the Council. Read why this new proposal undermines people's security across the European Union. https://edri.org/our-work/be-scanned-or-get-banned/

Denmark's DPA conducts data breach compliance investigations

Denmark's DPA conducts data breach compliance investigations

https://iapp.org/news/a/denmarks-dpa-conducts-data-breach-compliance-investigation-of-businesses-public-entities

Students with a non-European migration background had a 3.0 times higher chance of receiving an unfounded home visit from the Dutch student grants fraud department

Students with a non-European migration background had a 3.0 times higher chance of receiving an unfounded home visit from the Dutch student grants fraud department

Last year, Investico revealed how DUO, the Dutch organization for administering student grants, was using a racist algorithm to decide which students would get a home visit to check for fraudulent behaviour. The Minister of Education immediately stopped the use of the algorithm. Further research concluded that indirect discrimination had

Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs dislikes the conclusions of a solid report that marks their visa process as discriminatory so buys a shoddy report saying the opposite

Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs dislikes the conclusions of a solid report that marks their visa process as discriminatory so buys a shoddy report saying the opposite

For more than a year now, the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs has ignored advice from its experts and continued its use of discriminatory risk profiling of visa applicants. A report by the Rijks ICT Gilde (a government auditor) concluded in April 2023 that the process is very biased against