Databases and AI Training

  • Panel
  • Orangerie
  • Wednesday 21.05 — 10:30 - 11:45

Organising Institution

CEU San Pablo University

Spain

Organising Institution

South EU Google Data Governance Chair

  • Academic 3
  • Business 1
  • Policy 2
The use of AI-based techniques in the context of databases has potential and currently offers many opportunities for different actors. The question we face with the use of AI, and in particular Generative AI, is whether its use always complies with legal and ethical requirements and whether these practices can benefit everyone. We can identify various technical measures and multiple safeguards in order to minimise the risks of violating the right to the protection of personal data and reinforcing the commitment to transparency, also with regard to web scraping techniques. Responsible technological innovation can provide very useful and necessary answers and enable a very favourable scenario for the years to come. The recent Opinion of the EDPB on certain data protection aspects related to the processing of personal data in the context of AI models provides important elements. An analysis is essential to find the balance between the different rights at stake.

Questions to be answered

  1. How will the different parameters be interpreted and applied to make the assessment on a case-by-case basis?
  2. How will the adequacy of legitimate interest as a legal basis for data processing be assessed? What will be the key elements to determine whether an AI model is anonymous? How important is the criterion of the data subject's reasonable expectations in this context?
  3. How will the interpretation of “compatible purposes” evolve in a changing reality and a growing technological development in this field?
  4. What is the role of interpretation and enforcement by different DPAs in the future of AI innovation in the EU?

Moderator

Georgios Yannopoulos

National and Kapodistrian University of Athens - Greece

Georgios Yannopoulos (Athens, 1964) is Professor of Legal Informatics at the School of Law, University of Athens, where he has directed the Laboratory of Law and Informatics since 2015. He holds a law degree from the University of Athens and vocational certifications in computer programming and systems analysis. He received his PhD from Queen Mary College, University of London (1996), with a focus on the application of AI to legal decision-making. He has taught and conducted postdoctoral research at the University of London and has held teaching positions at the Universities of Westminster, Macedonia, and Piraeus, as well as at the Greek National School of the Judiciary. He is a practising Lawyer admitted to the Supreme Court of Greece (Areios Pagos) and a member of the Athens Bar Association since 1990, he has extensive experience advising public sector bodies and financial institutions. His research and professional interests lie at the intersection of law and IT, encompassing Internet Law and Regulation, Liability of Social Networks and Platforms, Legal Information Systems, Artificial Intelligence and Law, Data Protection, Cybersecurity, Cybercrime, E-commerce and E-identification, Industrial and Intellectual Property. He regularly coordinates various research projects and provides consultancy services to public and private organisations. He has written five monographs and numerous articles in Greek and international journals, and has presented extensively at academic conferences. His most recent monograph, Electa Alea Esto (P. N. Sakkoulas Publications, 2024), examines the regulation of online gambling. Since 2021, he has served as a member of the Hellenic Gaming Commission.

Speaker

Vincenzo Zeno-Zencovich

Roma Tre University - Italy

Vincenzo ZENO-ZENCOVICH is full professor of comparative law since 1990 and now retired. He has taught in the Universities of Genoa, Sassari and Roma Tre and has been engaged, since the Council of Europe Convention no. 108, in issues concerning data protection. He has authored several handbooks and nearly 100 articles on the EU and Italian data protection legislation and case law. He is is one of the editors of the periodical "Il diritto dell'informazione e dell'informatica", the leading Italian review on the topics of ICT law.

Speaker

Maria da Graça Canto

Nova University of Lisbon - Portugal

Graça Canto Moniz represents NOVA School of Law on the Board of the South EU Google Data Governance Chair and is also an Associate Professor at Lusófona University. In 2023, she was appointed by the Portuguese government to coordinate the national data strategy, and since October 2024, she has also been a member of the Commission for Access to Administrative Documents.

Speaker

José Luis Piñar

CEU San Pablo University - Spain

Doctor in Law (Complutense University, Madrid). Professor of Administrative Law. Former Vice-Rector of International Relations at San Pablo-CEU University of Madrid. Former Dean of the Faculties of Law in the Universities of Castilla-La Mancha and San Pablo-CEU. Former Director of the Spanish Data Protection Agency (2002-2007). Former Vice-Chairman of the “Art. 29 Working Party” (2003-2007), Founder and first President of the Ibero-American Data Protection Network (2003-2007). President of the Public Law Section of the “Spanish General Commission for Codification”. This Section drafted the new Spanish Data Protection Law. Vice President of the Section on Law and Information and knowledge technologies, Spanish Jurisprudence and Legislation Royal Academy. He has published numerous works on Data Protection Law, Transparency, Administrative Law and European Law. Director of the Digital Law and Innovation Review (Wolters Kluwer).Director of the Master’s Degree on Data Protection and Head of the Google Chair on Privacy, Society and Innovation (San Pablo-CEU University). He was member of the Advisory Council to Google on the Right to be Forgotten.

Speaker

Maria Biliri

Vodafone - Greece

Maria Biliri works as a Data Protection Officer for Vodafone Greece. She is a Computer Scientist and a qualified Lawyer (Athens Bar Association) specialized in Information Technology, Privacy, AI & Gaming Law. She has also gained significant academic/research experience as a member of the Laboratory of Law and Informatics, University of Athens. She holds a Master’s Degree in Legal Informatics from the School of Law, Democritus University of Thrace and the Department of Informatics, University of Macedonia; she also holds a Bachelor of Laws from the Democritus University of Thrace and a Bachelor’s Degree in Management Science & Technology (“Information Systems and Electronic Business”) from the Athens University of Economics & Business; having received numerous scholarships and honours for her outstanding performance/excellent academic results. She is currently a PhD Candidate at the University of Athens, School of Law, in the field of Artificial Intelligence and Fundamental Rights.