As the data privacy domain continues to evolve, Ethos BeathChapman reached out to Withers KhattarWong’s international arbitration specialist and tech disputes strategist, Shaun Leong, FCIArb, to seek his perspective on the changes and challenges ahead for data privacy professionals. Read his in-depth interview below.
What are the biggest topics or trends data privacy professionals must be well-versed on or learn more about?
A.I. technology is set to be an upcoming area of focus in data protection that data privacy professionals would have to watch out for. I think regulation trends come in waves. We are all familiar with the wave of financial regulation that came with the collapse of Lehman. In more recent times, the past two years have seen tremendous focus and activity in the area of data protection. I foresee that we are moving on slowly but surely to the next wave which will focus on the governance of the use of A.I. technology. In some countries, white papers and guidelines have been published on this topic around the fair, ethical and transparent use of A.I. data technology. We may very well be looking at “ethical regulation” very soon when it comes to the use of A.I.
In the realm of dispute resolution, the incidence of A.I. disputes is increasing where autonomous systems start making mistakes. This gives rise to several novel key issues around A.I. liability, including the multiple stakeholders who may be liable (the A.I. producer, developer, maintainer and operator), as well as situations where harm was caused by the technology after the proprietary principal has licensed or sold away from its technology.
The next aspect data privacy professionals should pay attention to is digital security, or what is commonly termed cyber security. This is closely aligned with disciplines in data protection. We are becoming more focused on digital security in terms of data security across all realms and data privacy professionals play a major role. This is not limited to the technical or legal aspects but encompasses different practices.
Content Authorship and Sources
Shaun Leong
Arbitration and Mediation Panelist at BIAMC
Equity Partner at Withersworldwide
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