On 16-17 April, the Artificial Secrecy researchers are excited to organise an expert workshop “Between secrecy claims and transparency needs: Why, how and for whom the EU digital rulebook negotiates and produces transparency of regulated digital technologies”.
Through this workshop, we aim to connect academics with expertise in corporate confidentiality protection, including trade secrets, with researchers focused on transparency in EU digital and freedom of information laws.
The aim of the workshop is twofold:
First, to explore how EU digital and data regulation balances the protection of confidential information with transparency requirements, including transparency for affected users, qualified transparency for regulatory bodies and public transparency.
Second, to invite participants to contribute to an edited volume on the nexus between transparency and confidentiality. The bundle would include contributions on the covered legislation and emerging case law, as well as contributions clarifying the protection of confidentiality in relation to regulated digital technologies and FOIA requests at the EU and member states’ levels.
The workshop is structured along the following eight panels:
- Transparency of regulated digital technologies
- Confidential business information as a counterclaim
- Transparency regimes before and behind the trade secret barrier
- Transparency under the General Data Protection Regulation and the Artificial Intelligence Act
- Right to an explanation of Automated Decision Making under the GDPR and the AI Act
- Transparency rights under the Digital Services Act and the Digital Markets Act
- Transparency rights under the Data Act and the Data Governance Act
- Freedom of Information requests to regulatory authorities
Stay tuned!