Anita Nijboer is a lawyer, as part of a collaborative project with Dutch municipalities and entrepreneurs they did research to look at the implications and challenges of developing smart cities from a juridical perspective.
the city to do some shopping. Despite the fact that I haven’t had damage in years I pay more car insurance than my husband. Since I’m a woman an algorithm calculated that the risk of parking damages is substantial (JUSTICE). I’m not aware this is the reason I pay more nor does the Insurance Company know. (KNOWLEDGE OF TCHNOLOGY)
I use a public bathroom. A I walk out, I get an app that says: ‘congratulations you are 3 weeks pregnant, who would have thought that was still possible. Your GP and your insurance company are informed.’ (PRIVACY) • Another app: “your insurance just went up with 100%, since being pregnant at your age is a huge risk factor. If you terminate the pregnancy your insurance will go down again.” (AUTONOMY, BALANCE OF POWER, JUSTICE) Case
some food. Preferably a big hamburger. But whatever I do, Google maps leads me to a Salad bar, because my weight and cholesterol is too high at the moment. (PRIVACY, AUTONOMY) Case
: my colleagues at work. Asking what I’m going to do about my pregnancy. Apparently the public bathroom made a mistake and has sent the information to all my contacts. (PRIVACY, SAFETY) • Had I known this bathroom gathered this information I would never have went there.
Salad bar , I just want to talk to someone, and complain about my misfortune. Unfortunately, there are only robots working at the salad bar, and at every restaurant and store in town for that matter. (HUMAN DIGNITY) • I order a wine, but the server robot tells me I’m not allowed wine in my condition (PRIVACY, AUTONOMY)
In establishing basic ethical principles to be respected in the development, programming and use of robots and AI and in the incorporation of such principles into Union regulations and codes of conduct, with the aim of shaping the technical revolution so that it serves humanity”
development, design production use and modification of robots and AI ❑ A code of conduct for robotic engineers ❑ A code for reviewing robotics protocols ❑ Model licenses for designers and users ➢ freedom, self-determination ➢ integrity, human dignity ➢ Health, security, safety ➢ Privacy, personal data protection ➢ non-discrimination, non–stigmatization, equality ➢ Transparency: supply the rationale behind a decision, reduce a systems computations to a comprehensible form , having a black box ➢ Beneficence, non-maleficence
regulations (*gemeentelijke verordening) ➢ Municipal public interest ➢ Existing regulation is non exclusive ➢ Not in breach with existing regulation 2021: “Omgevingsplan” ➢ Fysical environment ➢ Existing regulation is non exclusive ➢ Not in breach with existing regulation
can use the data? ➢ Can it be used for commercial purposes? ➢ Should data be given free (open data)? When are open data not possible or undesirable? ➢ Are there personal data (GDPR) ➢ Who can supply the data ➢ Who can further process the data ➢ What information can be gained by putting data from different sources together?