Regulations and Standards

This section provides a summary of legal guidelines and data privacy standards. These references need to considered in order to comply with ethical recommandations for the use of big data and AI algorithms to enhance safety in urban spaces. The following references are relevant to both general and IMPETUS users.

It includes a introduction to:

Relevant EU regulations, including the General Data Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and other relevant EU guidelines that need to be considered by tool providers and users, dealing with personal and sensitive data, that need to be examined with respect to the use of specific technologies or the context of different applications and involved actors.
Privacy framework, providing tool boxes to assess the level of data privacy protection with respect to implemented techniques and procedures.

General recommendation: As a result of all basic legislation and relevant guidelines, it is recommended that all tools' providers and users of smart cities' technologies should consider the following keypoints:

Clear identification of all involved stakeholders and their roles.
Clear identification and understanding of all technologies and tools to be used.
Identification and precise definition of the potential role of private actors concerning any form of data manipulation (collection, analysis, access, sharing, storage, deletion, and others).
Understanding and applying relevant legal norms for data collection and processing, emphasizing personal data protection, with repsect to local, european and international standards.
Clear definition of data utilization for public purposes.
Special consideration of machine learning and other types of intelligent algorithms in data collection and processing, and the role and capacity of human operators when algorithms are being utilized.