Why a Right to Explanation of Automated Decision-Making Does Not Exist in the General Data Protection Regulation

Wachter, Sandra; Mittelstadt, Brent; Floridi, Luciano

doi:10.1093/idpl/ipx005

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Why a Right to Explanation of Automated Decision-Making Does Not Exist in the General Data Protection Regulation

Published in International Data Privacy Law • Apr 11, 2017

Authors:

Sandra Wachter

Brent Mittelstadt

Luciano Floridi

Abstract

In recent months, researchers,1 government bodies,2 and the media3 have claimed that a ‘right to explanation’ of decisions made by automated and artificially intelligent algorithmic systems is legally mandated by the forthcoming European Union General Data Protection Regulation4 2016/679 (GDPR). The...

Subject

General Data Protection Regulation

Ambiguity

Transparency (behavior)

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