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Automated Anonymization of Court Decisions: Facilitating the Publication of Court Decisions through Algorithmic Systems
TERZIDOU, Kalliopi
2023 • In ICAIL: International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Law (Ed.) ICAIL '23: Proceedings of the Nineteenth International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Law
Algorithms; Anonymisation; Courts; Court Decisions; Data Protection; European Union; General Data Protection Regulation; Pseudonymization; Publication of Court Decisions
Résumé :
[en] The practice of anonymization of court decisions has been further systematized by EU Member States’ courts, after the entry into force of the General Data Protection Regulation and its transposition into national laws. Anonymization of the parties’ personal information protects their privacy during the publication of judgments, which is necessary for the scrutiny of the judiciary’s reasoning in a given case and the filing of an appeal whenever a party disagrees with the court’s reasoning and/or order. European courts have recently resorted to algorithmic approaches to automate the process of anonymization, which can bestow prompt and consistent application of anonymization rules for court administrations to comply with the applicable personal data protection legislation. These automated solutions can also encompass technical and administrative challenges, ranging from re-ιdentification risks that compromise the protection of the parties’ personal data to the lack of acceptance of the algorithmic system by court staff during their daily work routine. The present paper reviews current anonymization practices conducted through algorithmic techniques by, first, explaining the legal framework underlying the publication and anonymization of court decisions, second, examining three algorithmic solutions for the anonymization of court decisions by different EU Member States, and third, reflecting on their efficiencies and challenges for court administrations.
Disciplines :
Droit, criminologie & sciences politiques: Multidisciplinaire, généralités & autres
Auteur, co-auteur :
TERZIDOU, Kalliopi ; University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance (FDEF) > Department of Law (DL)
Co-auteurs externes :
no
Langue du document :
Anglais
Titre :
Automated Anonymization of Court Decisions: Facilitating the Publication of Court Decisions through Algorithmic Systems
Date de publication/diffusion :
07 septembre 2023
Nom de la manifestation :
19th ICAIL - International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Law 2023 (ICAIL 2023)
Date de la manifestation :
19-06-2023 to 23-06-2023
Manifestation à portée :
International
Titre de l'ouvrage principal :
ICAIL '23: Proceedings of the Nineteenth International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Law
Auteur, co-auteur :
ICAIL: International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Law
Maison d'édition :
Association for Computing Machinery
Peer reviewed :
Peer reviewed
Focus Area :
Law / European Law
Projet FnR :
FNR14268506 - Digitalisation Law And Innovation, 2020 (01/10/2020-31/03/2027) - Herwig Hofmann
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