New AI Data Analytics toolkit launched by ICO

February 19, 2021 Geofrey Banzi, Legal Technologist, Big Four AI, Data Analytics, ICO, Information commissioners office, regulation, Risk Management, Self-driving cars, Uncategorized, Uncategorized, Workplace Automation 0

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Introduction to GDPR by the ICO

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has recently just published a new data analytics toolkit. The toolkit is expected to help organisational users of ‘Data analytics’ better understand whether their AI and Data Analytics practises, are compliant with relevant data protection regimes. This brief looks at the ICO’s toolkit and answers some of the most pertinent questions arising from its deployment including:

  1. WHO THE NEW DATA ANALYTICS TOOLKIT is AIMED AT – USERS OF ‘DATA ANALYTICS’
  2. WHAT DOES THE TOOLKIT DO?
  3. OTHER NOTABLE CONTEXTUAL DEVELOPMENTS
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1. WHO IS THE NEW ‘DATA ANALYTICS’ TOOLKIT AIMED AT? – USERS OF ‘DATA ANALYTICS‘

The ICO define Data analytics as: “the use of software to automatically discover patterns in data sets (where those data sets contain personal data) and use them to make predictions, classifications, or risk scores.”

This can include but isn’t limited to:

  • Users of algorithms (‘Mathematical instructions or rules given to computer systems to complete tasks’)
  • Users of AI (‘Computer systems able to perform tasks normally requiring human intelligence’)

2. WHAT DOES THE NEW DATA ANALYTICS TOOLKIT DO?

The toolkit helps organisations who are at the start of a project that involves data analytics and personal data, go through important data protection points and identify risks.  On completion, respondents will obtain a customisable report that is intended to act as a starting point for guiding further discussions around compliance.

Importantly, the toolkit covers:

  • Processing under the UK GDPR and
  • the law enforcement regime under the Data Protection Act 2018

It also has introductory questions to determine the relevant applicable regime and further asks questions around:

  1. Lawfulness
  2. Accountability
  3. Governance
  4. The Data protection Principles
  5. Data Subjects rights

3. OTHER NOTABLE CONTEXTUAL DEVELOPMENTS TO ALSO BE CONSIDERED

The toolkit contributes to other works by the ICO around AI which should also be considered. These include:

See also:

DOES YOUR AI PASS THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION RISK-ASSESSMENT FRAMEWORK?

About Geofrey Banzi, Legal Technologist, Big Four 13 Articles
Geofrey Banzi is a Legal Technologist at KPMG, co-organiser and co-founder of Legal Hackers MCR and the founder of WiredBrief, a leading tech platform that connects readers globally to the connected digital world. WiredBrief specifically focus on raising awareness of important tech-law concepts and issues, with the aim of creating greater awareness and understanding of technology and its potential to shape society for the better, as well as its portended risks which crucially need to be mitigated against. Geofrey is also the author of Regulating Driverless RTAs: A Concise Guide to the Driverless Future and Emerging Policy Issues in the UK and is a leading voice in the UKs rapidly growing Technology law scene. Specialisms and interest include: * Corporate, Competition and IP Law * Self driving cars and AI liability * Project management (Legal tech) * HighQ and cloud infrastructure * Data visualisation and UX system design * Document Automation (Contract Express)
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