Take-Aways (AI)
- The DEK develops ethical guidelines and specific recommendations for action to protect the individual, social coexistence and prosperity in the information age.
- Focus on algorithms/ADM, AI and data; recommends control rights (e.g. data portability) and principles such as privacy by design.
The Data Ethics Committee – “DEK”, a body set up by the German federal government – has developed a extensive expertise on data ethics (an abridged version is also available at available). Their mission was as follows:
[…] ethical standards and guidelines as well as concrete recommendations for action for protecting the individual, safeguarding social coexistence and securing and promoting prosperity in the information age. To this end, the German government has provided the DEK with guiding questions that focus on the three topics of Algorithm-based forecasting and decision-making processes (ADM), AI and Data focus.
The DEK formulates a number of principles and recommendations for action in this area, including control rights such as the right to data portability or principles such as privacy by design.