The Guarantor for the protection of personal data possesses the requisites of competence and independence necessary to implement the European Regulation on artificial intelligence consistently with the objective of a high level of protection of fundamental rights.
This is what the president, Pasquale Stanzione, writes in a report sent in recent days to the presidents of the Senate and Chamber and to the Prime Minister.
The recent approval of the AI Act by the European Parliament, explains Stanzione, "imposes some essential choices on the member states on the rules for adapting internal systems".
The impact of AI on rights suggests attributing its competence to Authorities characterized by stringent independence requirements, such as the Privacy Authorities, also due to the close interrelationship between artificial intelligence and data protection and the competence already acquired in the field of automated decision making.
The AI Act - the Guarantor recalls again - is based on article 16 of the Treaty on the functioning of the European Union, which is the legal basis of the data protection legislation, and the same Regulation on artificial intelligence provides for the control of the Authorities of personal data protection on algorithmic processes that use personal data.
The synergy between the two disciplines and their application by a single Authority is therefore decisive for the effectiveness of the rights and guarantees established - concludes Stanzione - suggesting a reflection on this matter by Parliament and the government.
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