Lydia Emmanouilidou reports: Greece’s data protection watchdog is set to issue a long-awaited decision on the legality of controversial high-tech surveillance and security systems deployed in the country’s refugee camps. The Greek Data Protection Authority’s (DPA) decision, expected by the end of the year, concerns in part a new multimillion-euro Artificial Intelligence Behavioural Analytics security system, which…
Category: Artificial Intelligence
U. of Iowa Issues Reminder About Use of artificial technology (AI) and HIPAA
From the U. of Iowa, and kudos to them for educating and warning their employees: As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to evolve, it is important to remember that most AI tools and services, including ChatGPT, are not HIPAA compliant. Therefore, it is not appropriate to use these tools or services in conjunction with patient protected…
Spain Creates AI Regulator to Enforce the AI Act
Kristof Van Quathem, Diane Valat, and Aleksander Aleksiev of Covington and Burling write: On August 22, 2023, the Spanish Council of Ministers approved the Statute of the Spanish Agency for the Supervision of Artificial Intelligence (“AESIA”) thus creating the first AI regulatory body in the EU. The AESIA will start operating from December 2023, in…
CNIL confirms the compatibility of AI with the GDPR
Patrice Navarro, Julie Schwartz, and Remy Schlich of Hogan Lovells write: On October 12, 2023, the French data protection authority (“CNIL”) released official guidance on how to comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in the development phase of an artificial intelligence system (“AI system”). The guidance particularly addresses compliance during the developmental stages rather than during…