Vinod Bange, Author at Connect On Tech

In EU GDPR

The protection of gender identity under the GDPR

October 9, 2024 by Dr Lukas Feiler, Elisabeth Dehareng, Francesca Gaudino, Magalie Dansac Le Clerc, Vinod Bange and Prof. Dr. Michael Schmidl 5 Mins Read

While the GDPR imposes strict rules on sensitive data processing, gender identity does not automatically fall under this category. Only personal data revealing racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, trade union membership, genetic data, biometric data processed to uniquely identify a natural person, health data, and data concerning a natural person’s sex life or sexual orientation are explicitly protected as sensitive data by the GDPR. Consequently, the European Court of Justice…

In EU GDPR

GDPR compliance and inclusion: striking the right balance

October 3, 2024 by Dr Lukas Feiler, Elisabeth Dehareng, Francesca Gaudino, Magalie Dansac Le Clerc, Vinod Bange and Prof. Dr. Michael Schmidl 7 Mins Read

GDPR compliance and inclusion: striking the right balance The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) generally prohibits the processing of sensitive data relating to, e.g., an individual’s sexual orientation, religious affiliation, health information or ethnic background unless certain prescribed exceptions are met. In practice, this can be an obstacle for inclusion and diversity initiatives. In today’s challenging labor market, companies are asking themselves how they can become even more attractive to applicants and employees from diverse…

In AI Act

EU AI Act: Diversity and inclusion prevails over data protection

September 30, 2024 by Dr Lukas Feiler, Elisabeth Dehareng, Francesca Gaudino, Magalie Dansac Le Clerc, Vinod Bange and Prof. Dr. Michael Schmidl 3 Mins Read

The use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) can, inadvertently, give rise to issues relating to data protection compliance and equality law. However, used properly, it also provides a unique opportunity to combat implicit systematic discrimination. The new EU AI Act supports such an optimistic approach towards AI. Discrimination through non-automated processes In the public discourse on AI and the associated risks of discrimination, it is often overlooked that human decisions could be unconsciously based on non-objective…

In AI Act

EU AI Act Published: Dates for Action

July 12, 2024 by Ben Allgrove, Vinod Bange, Karen Battersby, Helen Davenport, Elisabeth Dehareng, Cristina Duch, Dr Lukas Feiler, Francesca Gaudino, Kathy Harford, Megan McGleenon, Sue McLean, Jose María Méndez, Prof. Dr. Michael Schmidl, Eva-Maria Strobel and Florian Tannen 4 Mins Read

In Brief The long-awaited EU AI Act was published in the Official Journal of the European Union today, 12 July 2024. The Act regulates activities across the AI lifecycle, as covered in more detail in our previous post, and the countdown for implementation has now started for companies developing or deploying AI technologies, with the Act entering into force 20 days after its publication on 1 August 2024. The Act as a whole is generally…

In Artificial Intelligence

EU AI Act finally adopted: what’s next?

March 13, 2024 by Kathy Harford, Karen Battersby, Elisabeth Dehareng, Dr Lukas Feiler, Jose María Méndez, Vinod Bange, Francesca Gaudino, Florian Tannen, Prof. Dr. Michael Schmidl, Ben Allgrove, Kate Alexander, Cristina Duch and Sue McLean 7 Mins Read

The EU AI Act was adopted by the European Parliament today and is expected to enter into force within a few months, with its first substantive provisions taking effect before the end of 2024. The EU AI Act applies across the AI lifecycle – from developers to deployers of AI technologies – and organisations across industries have been watching its progress closely. Now that it is finally approved, we set out below what’s next, and…

In Artificial Intelligence

EU AI Act edges even closer to implementation

February 13, 2024 by Sue McLean, Vinod Bange and Karen Battersby 2 Mins Read

Hot on the heels of the unanimous vote by Ambassadors for the EU Member States (COREPER) approving the EU AI Act on 2 February (see our article on that vote here: Is the EU AI Act nearing the finish line? – Connect On Tech, today lawmakers from the EU Parliament have also overwhelmingly voted in favour of the Act as it continues on its legislative journey. The joint internal market and civil liberties committee of…

In Artificial Intelligence

UK Government confirms principles-based approach to regulating AI

February 13, 2024 by Sue McLean, Karen Battersby, Vinod Bange, Jessica Steele and Kathy Harford 8 Mins Read

The UK government has published its long-waited response to the AI White Paper, “A pro-innovation approach to AI regulation” published back in March 2023. Here’s what you need to know. 1. Endorsement of principles-based approach The UK is sticking with its principles-based regulatory framework for AI, continuing to take a very different path to its EU neighbours (as discussed in our previous alert). Unlike the EU there will be no new AI regulator, new legislation…

In Data Privacy

New EU regulation on digital evidence opens up risk of data misuse

February 9, 2024 by Dr Lukas Feiler, Mark Nemeth, Vinod Bange, Eva-Maria Strobel, Francesca Gaudino and Elisabeth Dehareng 6 Mins Read

The new EU regulation on electronic evidence will enable law enforcement authorities from one EU member state to order service providers in other EU member states to surrender digital evidence. Providers who fail to comply within ten days or, in urgent cases, within eight hours, could face fines of up to two percent of their global group turnover. We manage our calendars online, store photos in the cloud, many of us haven’t seen the inside…

In Artificial Intelligence

Is the EU AI Act nearing the finish line?

February 5, 2024 by Vinod Bange, Karen Battersby, Elisabeth Dehareng, Julia Dickenson, Dr Lukas Feiler, Francesca Gaudino, Kathy Harford, Sue McLean, Jose María Méndez, Eva-Maria Strobel, Florian Tannen and Anahita Thoms 4 Mins Read

A key step towards adoption of the EU AI Act was reached last Friday as the draft text received unanimous approval from the European Council’s main preparatory body. There are further votes to follow before the Act is adopted, but it’s looking likely that the final vote will take place in April and some substantive provisions of the Act could be in force soon after that, possibly by the end of the year. We set…

In Cybersecurity

Celebrating Data Privacy Day 2024

January 29, 2024 by Anne-Marie Allgrove, Anne Petterd, Adrian Lawrence, Toby Patten, Caitlin Whale, Liz Grimwood-Taylor, Zhenyu Ruan, Michael Wang, Marcia Lee, Dominic Edmondson, Jennifer Lau, Daniel Pardede, Adhika Wiyoso, Wiku Anindito, Bimo Harimahesa, Kensaku Takase, Daisuke Tatsuno, Andre Gan, Trishelea Sandosam, Bienvenido A. Marquez III, Divina Ilas-Panganiban, Ken Chia, Victoria Wong, H. Henry Chang, Louis Hsieh, Pattaraphan Paiboon, Kritiyanee Buranatrevedhya, Manh Hung Tran, Huyen Minh Nguyen, Huu Tuan Nguyen, Maher Ghalloussi, Dr Lukas Feiler, Beat Koenig, Alexander Hofmann, Elisabeth Dehareng, Caroline Serbanescu, Milena Hoffmanová, Lenka Bešťáková, Dusan Hlavaty, Magalie Dansac Le Clerc, Prof. Dr. Michael Schmidl, Matthias Scholz, Michaela Nebel, Florian Tannen, Simone (Bach) Rieken LL.M., Ines K. Radmilovic, Dr. Csaba Vári, Francesca Gaudino, Annie Elfassi, Kyllian Talbourdet, Remke Scheepstra, Nathalja Doing, Radoslaw Nozykowski, Marcin Fialka, Martyna Czapska, Jakub Falkowski, Janet McKenzie, Fatima Ismail, Patricia Pérez, Pablo Uslé, Peder Oxhammar, Margarita Kozlov, William Höglund, Alessandro Celli, Johanna Moesch (Mösch), Oleksiy Stolyarenko, Dmytro Skydan, Khrystyna Oleniuk, Vinod Bange, Benjamin Slinn, Robbie Downing, Ian Walden, Tamara Mackay-Temesy, Guillermo José Cervio, Roberto Grane, Martin Roth, Valentina Biondi Grane, Catalina Benatena, Flavia Rebello, Ludmila Lago, Theo Ling, Conrad Flaczyk, Nadia Rauf, Diego Ferrada, Carolina Pardo, Carlos Arboleda, Carlos Vela-Trevino, Daniel Villanueva-Plasencia, Paulina Bojalil, Teresa Tovar, Brian Hengesbaugh, Cynthia Cole, Lothar Determann, Justine Phillips, Rachel Ehlers, Helena Engfeldt, Jonathan Tam, Cristina Messerschmidt, Maria Eugenia Salazar-Furiati and Hector Martinez 2 Mins Read

28 January 2024 is Data Protection Day (or Data Privacy Day outside of Europe), which marks the anniversary of the Council of Europe’s Convention 108. Data Privacy Day encourages the global community to think about the importance of respecting privacy, safeguarding data, and enabling trust. In an increasingly connected and digitized world, where data protection, privacy and cybersecurity regulation are rapidly evolving, the work of the global data community is more vital, and more challenging,…