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6 - Artificial Intelligence and Data Protection Law

from Part II - Trust and Design

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 September 2022

Marcelo Corrales Compagnucci
Affiliation:
University of Copenhagen
Michael Lowery Wilson
Affiliation:
University of Turku, Finland
Mark Fenwick
Affiliation:
Kyushu University, Japan
Nikolaus Forgó
Affiliation:
Universität Wien, Austria
Till Bärnighausen
Affiliation:
Universität Heidelberg
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Summary

Artificial intelligence and automation are finding their way into the healthcare sector – some systems even claim to deliver better results than human physicians. However, the increasing automation of medical decision-making is also accompanied by problems such as the maintenance of the relationship of trust between physicians and patients or the verification of decisions. This is where the patient’s right to explanation, which is enshrined in the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), comes into play. This chapter explains how the right is derived from the GDPR and how it should be established.

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