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Could we compromise users’ rights to privacy and to a private and family life?
Could we compromise users’ rights to privacy and to a private and family life?
The AI system may intrude on users' right to privacy by exposing sensitive aspects of their private lives, such as personal behaviors, preferences, or relationships, without their explicit consent or awareness. This can occur through excessive surveillance, unintended inferences, profiling, or sharing personal data without proper safeguards. Such compromises may undermine users' autonomy, dignity, and trust in the system, leading to legal, ethical, and reputational consequences for providers.
If you answered Yes then you are at risk
If you are not sure, then you might be at risk too
Recommendations
- Ensure that the AI system respects the contextual integrity of users' private lives by limiting inferences and decisions to what is strictly necessary for its intended purpose.
- Minimize the risk of profiling that could reveal sensitive personal attributes or behaviors unless explicitly justified by the intended use and supported by users’ consent or legal ground.
- Design the AI system to avoid unnecessary observation or analysis of users’ private spaces, behaviors, or communications unless explicitly required by the use case.
- Provide clear and accessible information to users about the extent and nature of the AI system's interaction with their private lives, ensuring that they are fully informed about its capabilities.
- Empower users to set boundaries for their privacy by allowing them to control the scope of data collection and interaction with the AI system (Privacy by default).
- Include ethical reviews and stakeholder consultations to assess the potential implications of the system on users’ privacy in diverse cultural and social contexts.
- Implement safeguards to prevent the system from drawing unintended, intrusive, or harmful conclusions about individuals’ private lives.
- Ensure robust security measures to prevent unauthorized access, surveillance, or other misuse of the system that could violate users’ privacy rights.
- Provide mechanisms for users to report and address concerns if they feel their privacy has been violated, including remedies for potential harm caused.
Interesting resources/references
- Right to privacy (Universal Declaration of Human Rights), Article 7 Respect for Private and Family Life (Charter of fundamental rights of the European Union)