Data Protection, Privacy and Responsible AI for a Digital Society

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Date: February 8, 2023
Time: 10am Berlin and Zurich / Dublin and London 9am
Location: Online
Platform: zoom


Data Technologies, AI and Data Privacy and Protection in Democratic Societies

Paul Nemitz will talk to us about Data Technologies, AI and Data Privacy and Protection in Democratic Societies.

Speaker: Paul Nemitz


Paul F. Nemitz lives in Brussels and is principal advisor to the EU Commission's Directorate-General for Justice and Consumers. As the Director for Fundamental Rights at the EU Commission, he was Instrumental for the work on the introduction of the basic data protection regulations in the EU, the NSA Snowden inquiry and negotiation of the EU-US Privacy Shield and the EU Code of Conduct against Hatespeech on the internet.

Paul is a legal expert and has studied law in Germany and advanced his research with a Fulbright scholarship in Comparative Law at the George Washington University Law School in Washington D.C. and visiting professor at the European Legal Studies Department (Bruges Campus of the College of Europe).

Topics Covered

General Data Protection Regulation (EU GDPR)

Digital Markets Act

Digital Services Act

Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act

Risk in a “Pyramid of Criticality" and Obligations

Rule of Law Compliance

The Primacy of Democracy

An Ethics of Compliance

The Lobby Network of Big Tech

The 8 Sources of Power:

  • Money & Markets
  • Data
  • Network and Infrastructure
  • Platform Locking Effect
  • R&D Dominance
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Political Influence
  • Owning the Public Discourse
  • A New Ideology based on Technology

Targeted Advertising

Building Bridges between Technologists and the Regulator

External Links

Paul Nemitz / Matthias Pfeffer: Prinzip Mensch Macht, Freiheit und Demokratie im Zeitalter der Künstlichen Intelligenz. 2020

The Digital Services Act

The Markets Services Act

The Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act


Event Categorization

Session-Type: Society - Data Protection - GDPR - Philosophy - Politics
Session-Level: Introductory - Intermediate 
Session-Language: English