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Data protection, privacy and new technologies

More of our everyday lives are online — both at work and home. Meanwhile, terror attacks intensify calls for more surveillance. Concerns grow over the safety of our privacy and personal data.

FRA helps lawmakers and practitioners protect your rights in a connected world.

EU Charter of Fundamental Rights

Highlights

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Handbook / Guide / Manual
Asylum, migration and borders
Asylum, migration and borders
Access to asylum
Borders and information systems
Child protection
Irregular migration, return and immigration detention
Legal migration and integration
Trafficking and labour exploitation
Data protection, privacy and new technologies
Artificial intelligence and big data
Borders and information systems
Data protection
Unlawful profiling
Equality, non-discrimination and racism
Children, youth and older people
People with disabilities
Hate crime
Racial and ethnic origin
Religion and belief
Roma
Sex, sexual orientation and gender
Justice, victims’ rights and judicial cooperation
Victims’ rights
Defendants’ rights
Civil justice
Judicial cooperation and rule of law
Security
Business and human rights
Support for human rights systems and defenders
EU Charter of Fundamental Rights
Inter-governmental human rights systems
National human rights systems and bodies
Civil society
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September
2024

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Report / Paper / Summary
Data protection, privacy and new technologies
Data protection
10
June
2024

GDPR in practice – Experiences of data protection authorities

Data protection rules protect privacy and prevent personal information from misuse. When the general data protection regulation (GDPR) came into force in 2018, it strengthened the role of data protection authorities. These supervisory bodies are the key enforcers of the fundamental right of protection of personal data. This report analyses the challenges they face in the GDPR implementation. The findings complement the European Commission's forthcoming evaluation of the GDPR.
Report / Paper / Summary
Data protection
Data protection, privacy and new technologies
24
May
2023

Surveillance by intelligence services: Fundamental rights safeguards and remedies in the EU - 2023 update

This report provides a partial update on the findings of the 2017 European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) report Surveillance by intelligence services: Fundamental rights safeguards and remedies in the EU. It was prepared at the request of the European Parliament, which asked FRA to update its 2017 findings to support the work of its committee of inquiry to investigate the use of Pegasus and equivalent surveillance spyware (PEGA).
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Report / Paper / Summary
Artificial intelligence and big data
Data protection, privacy and new technologies
Equality, non-discrimination and racism
8
December
2023

Bias in algorithms - Artificial intelligence and discrimination

Artificial intelligence is everywhere and affects everyone – from deciding what content people see on their social media feeds to determining who will receive state benefits. AI technologies are typically based on algorithms that make predictions to support or even fully automate decision-making.
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Data protection, privacy and new technologies
Artificial intelligence and big data

Tackling disinformation with +INPUT

In the Internet age, information travels faster and further than ever before. But so does disinformation, feeding off of rumours, prejudices and stereotypes. How do we push against it? Watch FRA manual on tackling disinformation using +INPUT – be positive, identify, narrate, pioneer, unite and track.
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Data protection, privacy and new technologies

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Data protection, privacy and new technologies

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Data protection, privacy and new technologies

Video blog by Michael O'Flaherty: tackling disinformation

In this vlog, FRA Director Michael O’Flaherty points to the urgent need to tackle disinformation. He provides examples of what can be done to combat disinformation, including what the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights could contribute to this challenge.
Fundamental Rights Report
Equality, non-discrimination and racism
Asylum, migration and borders
Data protection, privacy and new technologies
Justice, victims’ rights and judicial cooperation
Support for human rights systems and defenders
10
June
2021

Tuarascáil um Chearta Bunúsacha – 2021 - Tuairimí ó FRA

Bhí idir dhul chun cinn agus dul ar gcúl le tabhairt faoi
deara i ndáil le cosaint na gceart bunúsach in 2020. Sa
Tuarascáil um Chearta Bunúsacha 2021 ó FRA, féachtar
siar ar na mórfhorbairtí sa réimse agus sainaithnítear
na héachtaí a bhí ann agus réimsí ar ábhair imní
iad go fóill.
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Fundamental Rights Report
Asylum, migration and borders
Data protection, privacy and new technologies
Equality, non-discrimination and racism
Justice, victims’ rights and judicial cooperation
Support for human rights systems and defenders
10
June
2021

Fundamental Rights Report 2021

FRA’s Fundamental Rights Report 2021 reviews major developments in the field in 2020, identifying both achievements and areas of concern. It also presents FRA’s opinions on these developments, including a synopsis of the evidence supporting these opinions. This year’s focus chapter explores the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on fundamental rights. The remaining chapters cover: the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights; equality and non-discrimination; racism, xenophobia and related intolerance; Roma equality and inclusion; asylum, borders and migration; information society, privacy and data protection; rights of the child; access to justice; and the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
Fundamental Rights Report
Equality, non-discrimination and racism
Asylum, migration and borders
Data protection, privacy and new technologies
Justice, victims’ rights and judicial cooperation
10
June
2021

The coronavirus pandemic and fundamental rights: A year in review

This focus looks at COVID-19’s impact on fundamental
rights. It underscores that a human rights-based
approach to tackling the pandemic requires balanced
measures that are based on law, necessary, temporary
and proportional. It also requires addressing the
pandemic’s socio-economic impact, protecting the
vulnerable and fighting racism.
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Equality, non-discrimination and racism
Data protection, privacy and new technologies

Fundamental rights implications of COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic has an impact on everyone. Governments take urgent measures to curb its spread to safeguard public health and provide medical care to those who need it. They are acting to defend the human rights of health and of life itself. Inevitably, these measures limit our human and fundamental rights to an extent rarely experienced in peacetime. It is important to ensure that such limitations are consistent with our legal safeguards and that their impact on particular groups is adequately taken account of.
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Infographic
Artificial intelligence and big data
Data protection, privacy and new technologies

Artificial intelligence & its potential impact

Artificial intelligence (AI) already plays a role in many decisions that affect our daily lives. From deciding what unemployment benefits someone gets to where a burglary is likely to take place. But we need to make sure to fully uphold fundamental rights standards when using AI. Drawing on the ‘Getting the future right – Artificial intelligence and fundamental rights’ report, FRA explores the potential benefits and possible errors that can occur focusing on four core areas – social benefits, predictive policing, health services and targeted advertising.
Report / Paper / Summary
Artificial intelligence and big data
Data protection, privacy and new technologies
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January
2021
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Getting the future right – Artificial intelligence and fundamental rights - Summary

FRA’s report on artificial intelligence and fundamental rights presents concrete examples of how companies and public administrations in the EU are using, or trying to use, AI. This summary presents the main insights from the report. These can inform EU and national policymaking efforts to regulate the use of AI tools in compliance with human and fundamental rights.
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Artificial intelligence and big data
Data protection, privacy and new technologies

Fundamental rights in AI: What to consider

Artificial intelligence (AI) already plays a role in many decisions that affect our daily lives. From deciding what unemployment benefits someone gets to where a burglary is likely to take place. But we need to make sure to fully uphold fundamental rights standards when using AI. Drawing on the ‘Getting the future right – Artificial intelligence and fundamental rights’ report, FRA presents a number of key considerations to help businesses and administrations respect fundamental rights when using AI.
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Data protection, privacy and new technologies
Artificial intelligence and big data

Doing AI the European way – Virtual conference recording – Morning session

This is a recording from the morning session of the high-level virtual event "Doing Artificial Intelligence the European way" which took place on 14 December 2020.
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Data protection, privacy and new technologies
Artificial intelligence and big data

Doing AI the European way – Virtual conference recording – Afternoon session

This is a recording from the afternoon session of the high-level virtual event "Doing Artificial Intelligence the European way" which took place on 14 December 2020.
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Let's talk about Artifical Intelligence
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Data protection, privacy and new technologies
Artificial intelligence and big data

Michael O’Flaherty on fundamental rights challenges in relation to Artificial Intelligence

Artificial intelligence is here. It’s not going away. It can be a force for good, but it needs to be watched so carefully in terms of respect for our human fundamental rights. The EU Fundamental Rights Agency is deeply committed to this work.Our ambition is not just to ensure that AI respects our rights, but also that it protects and promotes them.
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How do we embrace progress while protecting our fundamental rights?
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Data protection, privacy and new technologies
Artificial intelligence and big data

Short video clips on AI - Automating public administration, Business and the EU policy agenda

Will AI revolutionise the delivery of our public services? And what's the right balance? How is the private sector using AI to automate decisions — and what implications
might that have? Are some form of binding rules necessary to monitor and regulate the use of AI technology - and what should these rules look like?
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Let's make AI work for everyone
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Data protection, privacy and new technologies
Artificial intelligence and big data

Launch video - Artificial Intelligence report results

How do we embrace progress while protecting our fundamental rights? As data-driven decision making increasingly touches our daily lives, what does this mean
for our fundamental rights? A step into the dark? Or the next giant leap? The time to answer these questions is here and now. Let’s seize the opportunities, but understand the challenges. Let’s make AI work for everyone in Europe…And get the future right.
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