Privacy International’s submission for the UNSR on racism’s thematic report

The UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression has called for a moratorium of the sale and use of live facial recognition (LFR) technology (Report of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, 28 May 2019. [...] • The impact of the EU AI Act on people on the move The EU AI Act aims to regulate the use of AI within the European Union, setting prohibitions and accountability requirements for ‘high-risk’ AI applications.57 However, the legislation falls short in addressing the potential harms of AI when used for border and immigration.58 Most worryingly, prohibitions on AI systems do not extend to the migrat. [...] 37 (2023) on Racial discrimination in the enjoyment of the right to health, 12 May 2023, UN Doc CERD/C/CG/37 97 Report of the UN Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health on: Digital innovation, technologies and the right to health, 21 April 2023, UN Doc. [...] Information shall include the category, purpose and sources of the data processed; the existence of profiling, of automated decision-making; and the logic involved and the significance and envisaged consequences of the processing. [...] As noted by the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe “confidentiality considerations or trade secrets should not inhibit the implementation of effective human rights impact assessments.”112 5.4 Security of AI 111 For some examples of the factors to consider see comments by Privacy Researchers on the proposals of the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) to amend the Persona.