A Procedural Sedative: The GDPR’s Right to an Explanation

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Authors
Publication date 08-2025
Journal Data, Cybersecurity and Privacy (DCSP)
Volume | Issue number 18&19
Pages (from-to) 24-27
Organisations
  • Faculty of Law (FdR) - Institute for Information Law (IViR)
Abstract What remedies do you have when AI errs, when it discriminates, or harms you in some other way? How can we hold or organizations accountable when they cause people harm during the development, distribution, or use of AI? Arguably, the first step is understanding how the system in question works. To this end, the right to an explanation, provided in EU law under the GDPR and the AI Act, is one of the most important remedies individuals have to contest AI.
Document type Article
Language English
Published at https://www.dcsp.nl/art/90-6566_A-Procedural-Sedative-The-GDPR-s-Right-to-an-Explanation
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