Data Ethics Committee
The Data Ethics Commission (DEK) is a body in the field of digital policy .
The body was set up by the German federal government in summer 2018 . On the basis of scientific and technical expertise, this commission is to develop ethical guidelines for the protection of the individual, the preservation of social coexistence and the safeguarding of prosperity in the information age . By the summer of 2019, the commission, led by the Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Home Affairs and the Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection, is to propose a development framework for data policy, the use of algorithms , artificial intelligence and digital innovations, as well as recommendations for action and possible regulation.
The first meeting of the data ethics committee took place on September 5, 2018 in Berlin. The federal government has formulated key questions for the data ethics commission.
Members
- Johanna Haberer , theologian, University of Nuremberg-Erlangen
- Marit Hansen , Schleswig-Holstein data protection officer
- Dirk Heckmann , legal scholar, University of Passau
- Dieter Kempf , Chairman of the Federation of German Industries
- Mario Martini , lawyer and administrative scientist , German Research Institute for Public Administration Speyer
- Klaus Müller , Member of the Board of the German Consumer Association (vzbv)
- Paul Nemitz, main advisor in the EU Commission , General Directorate Justice and Consumer Protection
- Sabine Sachweh , professor for software technology, University of Applied Sciences Dortmund,
- Christin Schäfer, founder and managing director of a data analysis company
- Rolf Schwartmann , Head of the Research Center for Media Law, Technical University of Cologne
- Judith Simon , Professor of Ethics in Information Technology, University of Hamburg
- Ulrich Kelber , Federal Data Protection Officer (member since the beginning of 2019)
- Wolfgang Wahlster , Professor of Computer Science, Saarland University
- Christiane Wendehorst (co-speaker), lawyer, University of Vienna
- Thomas Wischmeyer , Digitization Law, Bielefeld University
- Christiane Woopen (co-speaker), medical ethicist, University of Cologne
Meetings
The data ethics committee usually meets non-publicly in monthly meetings in the Federal Ministry of Justice and for Consumer Protection or in the Federal Ministry of the Interior, for Building and Home Affairs. Public meetings are planned to involve the public. Public meetings took place on February 7th and May 9th, 2019.
Intermediate results
In autumn 2018, the Data Ethics Commission presented recommendations for the Federal Government's Artificial Intelligence strategy and for a participatory development of the electronic patient record (EPR). At the Re: publica in May 2019, the two chairmen of the data ethics committee reported on their work and the data policy of the future.
Final report
On October 23, 2019, the data ethics committee presented a comprehensive report at the end of its work, which was reported in the press.
Guiding principle
- Human-centered and value-oriented design of technology
- Promotion of digital skills and critical reflection in the digital world
- Strengthening the protection of personal freedom, self-determination and integrity
- Promotion of responsible data usage that is compatible with the common good
- Risk-adapted regulation and effective control of algorithmic systems
- Preservation and promotion of democracy and social cohesion
- Alignment of digital strategies with sustainability goals
- Strengthening the digital sovereignty of Germany and Europe
recommendations
The DEK gives a total of 75 recommendations on data use (rights and obligations) as well as on the design and regulation of algorithmic systems.
Reactions
The reactions of associations and politics range from "overdue signposts" for some to "innovation brakes" for others.
Other digital political bodies
In addition to the Data Ethics Commission, further network policy bodies were set up and political declarations of intent were issued in 2018:
- In June 2018, the Federal Parliament's Artificial Intelligence Enquete Commission was set up.
- In July 2018, the key points for dealing with so-called artificial intelligence were announced. The federal government is therefore pursuing a so-called AI strategy . The results of the work of the data ethics committee, which is scheduled for a year, should be taken into account.
- In August 2018, a digital council was set up at the federal level .
- Also in August 2018, the Hessian state government set up a so-called Council for Digital Ethics.
Web links
- Web presence - at the Federal Ministry of Justice and for consumer protection
- Report of the Data Ethics Commission (PDF)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Start of the data ethics committee. Federal Ministry of the Interior, September 5, 2018, accessed on September 6, 2018 (press release).
- ↑ Dana Heide: Rules for digitization: The data ethics commission also deals with the GDPR - conflicts are programmed, In: Handelsblatt . September 5, 2018 ( handelsblatt.com [accessed September 6, 2018]).
- ↑ Key questions from the Federal Government to the Data Ethics Commission. Federal Ministry of Justice, September 5, 2018, accessed on September 6, 2018 .
- ^ Paul Nemitz: Democracy in the Age of Artificial Intelligence. Neue Gesellschaft Frankfurter Hefte 10/2019, accessed on October 22, 2019 .
- ↑ All my data | Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences (H-BRS). Retrieved October 22, 2019 .
- ↑ Data Ethics Commission. Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection, accessed on June 18, 2019 .
- ↑ 2nd public meeting of the data ethics committee. Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Home Affairs on Youtube, accessed on June 18, 2019 .
- ↑ Data Ethics Commission. BMJV, accessed on June 18, 2019 .
- ↑ Data Ethics Commission. BMJV, accessed on June 18, 2019 .
- ↑ What about the data policy? re: publica 2019, accessed on July 4, 2019 .
- ↑ Data Ethics Commission: Report of the Data Ethics Commission. October 23, 2019, accessed October 24, 2019 .
- ↑ Hendrik Wieduwilt, Berlin: FAZ exclusive: Ethics committee recommends algorithm regulation . ISSN 0174-4909 ( faz.net [accessed October 23, 2019]).
- ↑ Dietmar Neuerer: Final report: Data ethics commission brings algorithm ban into play. Handelsblatt, October 23, 2019, accessed on October 23, 2019 .
- ↑ Helen Bielawa: Ethics Panel Calls for Distributed Ownership of Data. t3n, October 23, 2019, accessed October 23, 2019 .
- ↑ Data Ethics Commission - Government advisors call for stricter rules for data and algorithms. In: netzpolitik.org. October 23, 2019, accessed October 23, 2019 .
- ↑ Roya Sangi: Data Ethics: The Way of Staggered Algorithms . November 11, 2019, ISSN 0174-4909 ( faz.net [accessed November 13, 2019]).
- ↑ Regulation: Bitkom criticizes the algorithm advance of the data ethics commission request = 2019-12-15. Retrieved December 15, 2019 .
- ↑ Markus Beckedahl, Ingo Dachwitz: Reactions to the Data Ethics Commission - Overdue guide for some, innovation brake for others. In: netzpolitik.org. October 25, 2019, accessed October 25, 2019 .
- ↑ Lorena Jaume-Palasí in conversation with Jenny Genzmer and Tim Wiese: Criticism of the data ethics commission - political scientist sees danger for democracy. Deutschland Radio Kultur, November 2, 2019, accessed on November 3, 2019 .
- ↑ Jenny Boldt: Spare us an algorithm TÜV! In: WiWo founder. November 11, 2019, accessed November 13, 2019 .
- ^ Paul Nemitz: Regulation of the digital: Europe before the test. Der Tagesspiegel, November 8, 2019, accessed on November 13, 2019 .
- ↑ Lisa Brüssler: German Bundestag - Enquete Commission for Artificial Intelligence used . In: German Bundestag . ( bundestag.de [accessed on September 2, 2018]).
- ↑ The Federal Cabinet has decided on the cornerstones of the Federal Government's Artificial Intelligence strategy. Federal Ministry of Labor, July 18, 2018, accessed on September 2, 2018 .
- ↑ Ingo Dachwitz, Netzpolitik.org: New network policy committees: Data ethics commission occupied, digital council not yet. August 13, 2018, accessed September 2, 2018 .