Journal article
Why a right to explanation of automated decision-making does not exist in the General Data Protection Regulation
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Since approval of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in 2016, it has been widely and repeatedly claimed that the GDPR will legally mandate a ‘right to explanation’ of all decisions made by automated or artificially intelligent algorithmic systems. This right to explanation is viewed as an ideal mechanism to enhance the accountability and transparency of automated decision-making. However, there are several reasons to doubt both the legal existence and the feasibility of such a r...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press Publisher's website
- Journal:
- International Data Privacy Law Journal website
- Volume:
- 7
- Issue:
- 2
- Pages:
- 76-99
- Publication date:
- 2017-06-03
- DOI:
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2044-4001
- ISSN:
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2044-3994
- Source identifiers:
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685981
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- Deposit date:
- 2017-05-21
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- Copyright holder:
- Wachter et al
- Copyright date:
- 2017
- Notes:
- Copyright © 2017 The Authors. Published by Oxford University Press. This is the accepted manuscript version of the article. The final version is available online from Oxford University Press at: https://doi.org/10.1093/idpl/ipx005
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