This week, the Kantara Initiative was represented by Mark Lizar 2FC and Consent Receipt Specification author, who attended the Childrens AI Conference, with MyData for Children hosted by Unicef Helsinki / Finland. The focus was centred on the use, application and ethically / operational problems with AI and AI interaction for children with some deep dives into privacy and security challenges and benefits.
In addition, this week the Data Governance Act was also ratified in the EU. A deep dive into both of these topics both highlighted the role, use, and control of personal data and meta data by intermediaries.
The core of the issue with AI is AI and ethical issues are easily conflated, so it can be difficult to know how control and consent over surveillance may overlap with digital identity technology which controls it, or the rules which govern or required its use. AI topics produce questions around the role of a technical or legal intermediary and the control of personal data access and processing. The Data Governance Act looks to address these roles in practice. Practices in which a consent receipt is required but missing personal record system, and which is used as a vehicle for safeguarding rights and data controls in processing supply chains. Micro-credentials which can be managed in software systems with digital identity and access management technology. The Data Governance a credential wrapper for digital identifier management.
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