UK government’s pro-innovation approach supported in ICO’s updated AI and data protection

The British Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has updated the guidance on AI and data protection. The update aims at embedding considerations of fairness into AI as well as supporting the pro-innovation approach to AI regulations by the UK government.

The British Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has updated the guidance on AI and data protection. The guidance covers best practices for data protection-compliant AI, and the interpretation of data protection laws in regard to the processing of personal data by AI. The update aims at embedding considerations of fairness into AI as well as supporting the pro-innovation approach to AI regulations by the UK government. The guidance is not a statutory code.