- Volume 3 (2017), Issue 4
- Vol. 3 (2017), No. 4
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- Pages 473 - 485
- pp. 473 - 485
Algorithms and Transparency in View of the New General Data Protection Regulation
European Union data protection law requires the application of transparency to operators who use algorithmic decision-making in order to protect an individual’s private data. This article examines the principle of transparency and its requirements on algorithmic decision-making (ADM) in light of the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Specific attention is paid to the so-called ‘right to explanation’ that is claimed by some scholars to be the most important expression of transparency in the GDPR. This article finds that although algorithms are highly complex, they