Earlier this year, the European Commission published its long awaited legislative proposal on artificial intelligence (AI): the Artificial Intelligence Act. With the proposed Artificial Intelligence Act, the European Commission has taken the first steps towards uniform rules on AI in the EU. The act aims to take a balanced approach to regulating AI, which ensures effective protection… Read more

Mobile technology is increasingly being used to manage crisis situations, such as the corona pandemic. Apps process large quantities of personal data, which has consequences for the right to data protection. In the battle against COVID-19, millions of European citizens entrust Covid-apps with their sensitive personal data. To what extent may the right to data… Read more

Hannah van Kolfschooten & Bastiaan Wallage On 25 May 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) entered into force. From then on, the lawfulness of processing personal data within the European Union has been harmonised. The right to personal data protection, an important part of the human right to privacy, is thus one of the… Read more

Information for early detection of health emergencies can save lives. In the COVID-19 crisis, we see that national governments in the European Union (EU) turn to widespread surveillance and contact tracing in order to gather information on the spreading and risks of the virus. Contact tracing is the tracing of individuals and their contacts, who… Read more

My interest in health emergencies was sparked when reading Saramago’s novel Blindness at age 16. It tells the story of a sudden blindness pandemic afflicting nearly everyone and I loved every word. Since then, I’ve seen countless post-apocalyptic movies on pandemics, ranging from classic contagion to zombies. I’ve played the video game Plague Inc. so… Read more