Navigating regulatory complexities: Enforcing data protection in the field of AI

  • Panel
  • Orangerie
  • Wednesday 21.05 — 16:00 - 17:15

Organising Institution

EDPS

Belgium

  • Business 3
  • Policy 3
As AI systems are being deployed, public and private entities are being confronted with the challenging task of complying with different - sometimes competing- legal frameworks. AI systems must be assessed from their multiple impacts on the rights and freedoms of individuals and comply with the respective laws put into place. One of the most debated examples is the impact the use of AI systems has on the right to non-discrimination. However, in order to achieve this normative goal, several well-established legislations, such as data protection, non-discrimination laws or the AI Act, play a role in reducing such impact, each of them contributing to a piece of the puzzle. For Data Protection Authorities, this brings a new level of complexity. Data protection should now be interpreted and implemented in the light of a multifaceted regulatory framework. From a regulatory perspective, this pushes regulators to build bridges between different experience in implementing these laws. This panel will delve into the challenges of supervision of this complex regulatory environment.

Questions to be answered

  1. How do national data protection regulators apply data protection legislation to AI systems that impact other fundamental rights such as non-discrimination?
  2. Are there appropriate regulatory tools in place to ensure efficient enforcement cooperation between the different regulatory bodies?
  3. How can Equality bodies and data protection authorities mutually benefit from their respective expertise and experience?

Moderator

Fanny Coudert

EDPS - Europe

Deputy Head of the Supervision&Enforcement Unit at EDPS

Speaker

Gaëtan Goldberg

CNIL - France

Legal advisor to the President and Secretaries General, CNIL

Speaker

Milla Vidina

Equinet - Belgium

Coordinator Equinet Working Group on Artifical Intelligence

Speaker

Sven Stevenson

Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens - Netherlands

Head of the Department for the Coordination of algorithmic oversight