Following their participation in the public consultation launched by the Hellenic Ministry of Digital Governance and Artificial Intelligence on the draft law implementing the AI Act in Greece, 11 civil society organizations have submitted a joint letter to the Special Secretariat for Artificial Intelligence & Data Governance, setting out their recommendations for improving the draft legislation.
Among other issues, the organizations highlight the need to substantially strengthen the Hellenic Data Protection Authority, so that it can effectively fulfill the critical supervisory role assigned to it. Similar concerns have also been raised by the Authority itself in its recent Opinion on the draft law.
Furthermore, making use of the discretion granted to Member States under the European Regulation, we call on Greece to introduce a complete ban on real-time remote biometric identification for law enforcement purposes. The exceptions provided for under the Regulation pose serious risks to fundamental rights and could lead to disproportionate surveillance practices.
We propose a similar approach to the use of comparable technologies for post-event identification, which is currently classified as a high-risk application.
You can read the joint letter at the link below, as well as on the public consultation webpage: https://lnkd.in/dTgjXE4M
The 11 organizations in alphabetical order:
-Network For Children’s Rights
– Greek Forum of Migrants
– Hellenic Informatics Union
– INERP – Institute for Regulatory Policy Research
-Diotima Centre
-HIAS Greece
-Homo Digitalis
-I Have Rights.
-Ιn contACT
-Open Lab Athens
-Visible Machines (VM)