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An Orwellian Premonition: a discussion on the perils of biometric surveillance

14
Jul
2021

An Orwellian Premonition: a discussion on the perils of biometric surveillance

On April 21st 2021, the European Commission presented its Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down harmonised roles on Artificial Intelligence (AI). In the Joint Opinion 5/2021 of the EDPB and the EDPS it is stressed that the Proposal has important data protection and privacy implications. With a focus on biometric surveillance, the EDPS and EDPB trainees explore possible implications stemming from the Commission's Proposal and invite you to participate in an engaging discussion.

The EDPS and EDPB adopt a strong stance on AI in their Joint Opinion, calling for a general ban on any use of AI for an automated recognition of human features in publicly accessible spaces and on biometric categorisation, noting that it affects human dignity to have a computer predict or classify individuals’ future behaviour without their consent.

It is on the back of this heightened call to action that the trainees wish to shed further light on the the perils associated with the use of biometric surveillance.

Against this backdrop, the EDPS and EDPB trainees invite you to their conference entitled “An Orwellian Premonition: a discussion on the perils of biometric surveillance”.

In case you missed the event you can watch it here.

 

DRAFT AGENDA

14:30 - 14:45

Welcome and Opening remarks

Wojciech Wiewiórowski, European Data Protection Supervisor

14:45 - 15:05

Presentation of the EDPS-EDPB Joint Opinion

Vitor Bernado, EDPS (Technology & Privacy Unit)

15:05 - 16:00

Panel Discussion

Moderation: Isabel Hahn, EDPS Trainee

 

Speakers: 

  • Gabriela Zanfir-Fortuna (Future of Privacy Forum)
  • Alan Dahi (NOYB)
  • Ella Jakubowska (European Digital Rights)
  • Michael Veale (UCL, Faculty of Laws)
  • Vitor Bernardo, EDPS (Technology & Privacy Unit)

16:00 - 16:30

 

Q&A Session to the Panel

 

16:30 - 16:45 Session closing

Gwendal Le Grand, CNIL Deputy Secretary-General

Taline Akkaya, EDPS Trainee

 

The webinar is a public event and free of charge.

The webinar will be recorded. If you do not want to be recorded as a participant, simply mute your audio and disable your video.

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For any other enquiry, please contact EDPS-Events@edps.europa.eu.