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Its key point was that important components of established “FAIR” principles omitted from that statute be expressly included in the pending implementing legislation, particularly provisions addressing the findability and accessibility of data.</p></div> </div> <a href='/binaries/content/assets/public-policy/europetpc-high-value-datasets-comments-21-june-22x.pdf' target='_blank'><img src="/binaries/ctaimagelarge/content/gallery/acm/ctas/public-policy/europe-tpc-high-value-data-sets.jpg" alt="" /></a></div> </div> </div></div> <div class="large-6 medium-6 small-12 columns"> <div class="cta shadowed " data-equalizer-watch=""> <div class="row" style="margin: inherit;"> <div class="medium-12 columns d-table top-cta"> <div class="text-wrap"> <h2 class="text-left"><a href='/binaries/content/assets/public-policy/acm-europe-tpc-cyber-reslience-comments-pdf' target='_blank'>Europe TPC Comments on EC Cyber Resilience Consultation</a></h2> <div class="dek"> <p>The Committee responded to a detailed “radio button” questionnaire and supplemented its selections with several key written points, including: endorsing the promotion of secure-by-design and secure-by-default engineering approaches; warning of an increased likelihood of state actors, or their proxies, using cyber-attacks; and urging the development of secure-by-design principles specific to machine learning systems.</p></div> </div> <a href='/binaries/content/assets/public-policy/acm-europe-tpc-cyber-reslience-comments-pdf' target='_blank'><img src="/binaries/ctaimagelarge/content/gallery/acm/ctas/public-policy/europe-tpc-cyber-resilience-act.jpg" alt="" /></a></div> </div> </div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div class="articles multi-cta"> <div class="two-cols article-block"> <div class="row" data-equalizer> <div class="large-6 medium-6 small-12 columns"> <div class="cta shadowed " data-equalizer-watch=""> <div class="row" style="margin: inherit;"> <div class="medium-12 columns d-table top-cta"> <div class="text-wrap"> <h2 class="text-left"><a href='/binaries/content/assets/public-policy/acm-eur-tpc-data-act-comments-13may22a.pdf' target='_blank'>ACM Europe TPC Comments on "Data Act"</a></h2> <div class="dek"> <p>Europe TPC's Comments endorsed the Commission’s intent to ensure "fairness in the allocation of value from data among actors in the data economy and to foster access to and use of data," while specifically urging that the proposed Data Act: be expanded to encompass metadata; address foreseeable environmental impacts; and minimise data processing's complexity and cost.</p></div> </div> <a href='/binaries/content/assets/public-policy/acm-eur-tpc-data-act-comments-13may22a.pdf' target='_blank'><img src="/binaries/ctaimagelarge/content/gallery/acm/ctas/public-policy/europe-tpc-commission-data-act-consultation.jpg" alt="" /></a></div> </div> </div></div> <div class="large-6 medium-6 small-12 columns"> <div class="cta shadowed " data-equalizer-watch=""> <div class="row" style="margin: inherit;"> <div class="medium-12 columns d-table top-cta"> <div class="text-wrap"> <h2 class="text-left"><a href='/binaries/content/assets/public-policy/europetpc-chips-act-comments-09may22.pdf' target='_blank'>ACM Europe TPC Comments on "Chips Act" Semiconductor Ecosystem Framework</a></h2> <div class="dek"> <p>Europe TPC’s Comments support the Commission’s goal of enabling Europe to become more self-reliant in semiconductor manufacturing. It notes, however, that the proposed Chips Act fails to take into account the climate impact of such manufacturing in its proposed framework. That represents a missed opportunity to further the European Union’s Green Deal objectives that should be redressed.</p></div> </div> <a href='/binaries/content/assets/public-policy/europetpc-chips-act-comments-09may22.pdf' target='_blank'><img src="/binaries/ctaimagelarge/content/gallery/acm/ctas/public-policy/europe-tpc-chips-act.jpg" alt="" /></a></div> </div> </div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="columns large-4 medium-4 small-12 zone-3"> <div> <div> <div class="articles single-cta"> <div class="two-col-alt article-block"> <div class="row" data-equalizer=""> <div class="large-12 medium-12 small-12 columns"> <div class="cta shadowed " data-equalizer-watch=""> <div class="row" style="margin: inherit;"> <div class="medium-12 columns d-table top-cta"> <div class="text-wrap"> <h2 class="text-left"></h2> <div class="dek"> <p><strong><a href="/public-policy/europetpc-policy-products">Recent Policy Products</a></strong></p></div> </div> </div> </div> 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href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a3c7cac4cdd6ced5e3c2c0ce8dccd1c4"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a>  Virginia Dignum</dd> <dt class="colview">ACM Technology Policy Council Vice Chair, ex officio</dt> <dd class="colview"> <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b9d3d7d4f9d8dad497d6cbde"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a>  Jeanna Matthews  <a class="governance-dl-link" href="https://dl.acm.org/author_page.cfm?id=81100545954" target="_blank"> <img class="governance-dl-logo" src="/binaries/content/gallery/global/logo_digital-library_acm.png" alt="Digital Library"> </a> </dd> <dt class="colview">ACM US Technology Policy Committee Chair, ex officio</dt> <dd class="colview"> <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#69051b042901191a00470b13"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a>  Larry Medsker  <a class="governance-dl-link" href="https://dl.acm.org/author_page.cfm?id=81100076248" target="_blank"> <img class="governance-dl-logo" src="/binaries/content/gallery/global/logo_digital-library_acm.png" alt="Digital Library"> </a> </dd> <dt class="colview">ACM Chief Executive Officer, ex officio</dt> <dd class="colview"> <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a8dec4c0e8c9cbc586c7dacf"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a>  Vicki Hanson  <a class="governance-dl-link" href="https://dl.acm.org/author_page.cfm?id=81100646151" target="_blank"> <img class="governance-dl-logo" src="/binaries/content/gallery/global/logo_digital-library_acm.png" alt="Digital Library"> </a> </dd> <dt class="colview">ACM Chief Operating Officer, ex officio</dt> <dd class="colview"> <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#631302173c111a020d2302000e4d0c1104"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a>  Patricia Ryan</dd> <dt class="colview">Past Chair</dt> <dd class="colview"> <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b7d499dfd6d9dcded9f7d6d4da99d8c5d0"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a>  Chris Hankin  <a class="governance-dl-link" href="https://dl.acm.org/author_page.cfm?id=81100305946" target="_blank"> <img class="governance-dl-logo" src="/binaries/content/gallery/global/logo_digital-library_acm.png" alt="Digital Library"> </a> </dd> </dl> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="columns small-12 zone-4"> <div> <div> <div class="articles multi-cta"> <div class="three-cols article-block"> <div class="row" data-equalizer=""> <div class="large-4 medium-4 small-12 columns"> <div class="cta shadowed " data-equalizer-watch=""> <div class="row" style="margin: inherit;"> <div class="medium-12 columns d-table top-cta"> <div class="text-wrap"> <h2 class="text-left"><a href='/binaries/content/assets/public-policy/europetpc-comments-ai-liability.pdf' >ACM Europe TPC in European Commission AI & Product Liability Consultation</a></h2> <div class="dek"> <p>As policy makers strive to update established bodies of law for the digital age, the ACM Europe Technology Policy Committee provides the European Commission with both general guidance and specific suggestions for addressing product liability issues uniquely raised by the advent of artificial intelligence.</p></div> </div> <a href='/binaries/content/assets/public-policy/europetpc-comments-ai-liability.pdf' ><img src="/binaries/ctaimagelarge/content/gallery/acm/ctas/public-policy/europe-tpc-ai-liability-consultation-comments.jpg" alt="" /></a></div> </div> </div></div> <div class="large-4 medium-4 small-12 columns"> <div class="cta shadowed " data-equalizer-watch=""> <div class="row" style="margin: inherit;"> <div class="medium-12 columns d-table top-cta"> <div class="text-wrap"> <h2 class="text-left"><a href='/binaries/content/assets/public-policy/europetpc-comments-digital-compass-consultation.pdf' >ACM Europe TPC Comments on EC's “Path to the Digital Decade" Decision</a></h2> <div class="dek"> <p>ACM Europe Technology Policy Committee's contributions to the <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_21_4630">European Commission's intermediate-range plans for a productive digital future</a> included encouraging universal digital literacy, advancing neuromorphic computing, and realistically assessing the pros and cons of technologies intended to mitigate climate change.</p></div> </div> <a href='/binaries/content/assets/public-policy/europetpc-comments-digital-compass-consultation.pdf' ><img src="/binaries/ctaimagelarge/content/gallery/acm/ctas/public-policy/europetpc-2030-policy-digital-decade.jpg" alt="" /></a></div> </div> </div></div> <div class="large-4 medium-4 small-12 columns"> <div class="cta shadowed " data-equalizer-watch=""> <div class="row" style="margin: inherit;"> <div class="medium-12 columns d-table top-cta"> <div class="text-wrap"> <h2 class="text-left"><a href='/binaries/content/assets/public-policy/europetpc-comments-digital-principles.pdf' >ACM Europe TPC Comments on Digital Principles</a></h2> <div class="dek"> <p>In Comments submitted to the European Commission, ACM's Europe Technology Policy Committee endorses the adoption of Digital Principles to, for example: provide robust and equitable access to the internet; protect user privacy; promote e-government and e-health services; combat climate change; protect and empower children online; foster digital literacy through universal Informatics education; and promote ethical algorithm design.</p></div> </div> <a href='/binaries/content/assets/public-policy/europetpc-comments-digital-principles.pdf' ><img src="/binaries/ctaimagelarge/content/gallery/acm/ctas/public-policy/eu-data-digital.jpg" alt="" /></a></div> </div> </div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div class="articles multi-cta"> <div class="three-cols article-block"> <div class="row" data-equalizer=""> <div class="large-4 medium-4 small-12 columns"> <div class="cta shadowed " data-equalizer-watch=""> <div class="row" style="margin: inherit;"> <div class="medium-12 columns d-table top-cta"> <div class="text-wrap"> <h2 class="text-left"><a href='/binaries/content/assets/public-policy/europe-tpc-comments-ai-consultation.pdf' >ACM Europe TPC Comments on Proposed AI Regulations</a></h2> <div class="dek"> <p>ACM’s Europe Technology Policy Committee provided Comments to the European Commission on a Proposal by the European Council and Parliament for a new regulation establishing harmonised rules for the use of artificial intelligence. Key Committee recommendations address: protecting public health and safety, assuring personal privacy, and closing the current scientific “skills gap” through informatics education while creating a diverse workforce.</p></div> </div> <a href='/binaries/content/assets/public-policy/europe-tpc-comments-ai-consultation.pdf' ><img src="/binaries/ctaimagelarge/content/gallery/acm/ctas/public-policy/ai-consultation-pyramid-europe.jpg" alt="" /></a></div> </div> </div></div> <div class="large-4 medium-4 small-12 columns"> <div class="cta shadowed " data-equalizer-watch=""> <div class="row" style="margin: inherit;"> <div class="medium-12 columns d-table top-cta"> <div class="text-wrap"> <h2 class="text-left"><a href='/binaries/content/assets/public-policy/europe-tpc-ehds-consultation-comments.pdf' >ACM Europe TPC Comments on Digital Health Data Services</a></h2> <div class="dek"> <p>In comments filed in the European Commission’s Health Data Space consultation, ACM’s Europe Technology Policy Committee cautioned that the pervasive deployment of AI algorithms could lead to the de-skilling of healthcare professionals, warning that “permitting a human 'the last word' in such systems is not sufficient to address this issue. What is needed are real human/AI partnerships.”</p></div> </div> <a href='/binaries/content/assets/public-policy/europe-tpc-ehds-consultation-comments.pdf' ><img src="/binaries/ctaimagelarge/content/gallery/acm/ctas/public-policy/digital-health-europe.jpg" alt="" /></a></div> </div> </div></div> <div class="large-4 medium-4 small-12 columns"> <div class="cta shadowed " data-equalizer-watch=""> <div class="row" style="margin: inherit;"> <div class="medium-12 columns d-table top-cta"> <div class="text-wrap"> <h2 class="text-left"><a href='/binaries/content/assets/public-policy/europetpc-diggreencerts-stmt.pdf' >ACM Europe TPC Statement on Digital Green Certificates</a></h2> <div class="dek"> <p>ACM’s Europe Technology Policy Committee submitted a statement to the European Parliament's LIBE Committee on the use of proposed Digital Green Certificates to permit point-of-use access to personal health and other data of certificate holders between and among European Union Member States. Among Europe TPC's recommendations were to work with the World Health Organization to develop an international directory; and to protect EU citizens from “data inference,” or the risk that a verifier could infer secondary health data from an individual’s vaccination status alone.</p></div> </div> <a href='/binaries/content/assets/public-policy/europetpc-diggreencerts-stmt.pdf' ><img src="/binaries/ctaimagelarge/content/gallery/acm/ctas/public-policy/europetpc-diggreencerts-stmt.jpg" alt="" /></a></div> </div> </div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div class="articles multi-cta"> <div class="three-cols article-block"> <div class="row" data-equalizer=""> <div class="large-4 medium-4 small-12 columns"> <div class="cta shadowed " data-equalizer-watch=""> <div class="row" style="margin: inherit;"> <div class="medium-12 columns d-table top-cta"> <div class="text-wrap"> <h2 class="text-left"><a href='/binaries/content/assets/public-policy/europetpc-digital-services-act-comments.pdf' >ACM Europe TPC Comments on Digital Services Act</a></h2> <div class="dek"> <p>ACM’s Europe Technology Policy Committee sent comments on the Digital Services Act to the European Commission ahead of a final determination regarding its adoption. It underscored two key points: 1) the success of the DSA will depend upon the ability of platforms and other regulated entities to successfully deploy automated content moderation systems; and 2) functioning of the DSA’s proposed regulatory regime will depend upon non-governmental technical experts for the effective audit of platforms’ and others’ compliance with the Act.</p></div> </div> <a href='/binaries/content/assets/public-policy/europetpc-digital-services-act-comments.pdf' ><img src="/binaries/ctaimagelarge/content/gallery/acm/ctas/public-policy/digital-services-act.jpg" alt="" /></a></div> </div> </div></div> <div class="large-4 medium-4 small-12 columns"> <div class="cta shadowed " data-equalizer-watch=""> <div class="row" style="margin: inherit;"> <div class="medium-12 columns d-table top-cta"> <div class="text-wrap"> <h2 class="text-left"><a href='/binaries/content/assets/public-policy/europe-tpc-green-deal-comments.pdf' >ACM Europe TPC Comments on Green Deal</a></h2> <div class="dek"> <p>ACM’s Europe Technology Policy Committee submitted comments to the Directorate General for Climate Action of the European Commission in support of the comprehensive and ambitious sweep of the Commission’s Green Deal. ACM Europe TPC strongly concurs with the Commission’s premise that realizing true energy efficiencies in the information and communication technology (ICT) sector will be critical to Europe’s success in meeting the Green Deal’s appropriately aggressive climate targets.</p></div> </div> <a href='/binaries/content/assets/public-policy/europe-tpc-green-deal-comments.pdf' ><img src="/binaries/ctaimagelarge/content/gallery/acm/ctas/public-policy/eu-climate-ambition-2030.jpg" alt="" /></a></div> </div> </div></div> <div class="large-4 medium-4 small-12 columns"> <div class="cta shadowed " data-equalizer-watch=""> <div class="row" style="margin: inherit;"> <div class="medium-12 columns d-table top-cta"> <div class="text-wrap"> <h2 class="text-left"><a href='/binaries/content/assets/public-policy/europe-tpc-contact-tracing-statement.pdf' >ACM Europe TPC Statement on Contact Tracing</a></h2> <div class="dek"> <p>ACM’s Europe Technology Policy Committee issued detailed principles and practices for the development and deployment of contact tracing technology intended to track and arrest the spread of COVID-19. The statement calls on governments that adopt such systems to choose "only those which... respect and protect the rights of all individuals; safeguard personal data and privacy to the highest degree technically possible; and are subject to scrutiny by the scientific community and civil society before, during and after deployment." <a href="/binaries/content/assets/public-policy/europe-tpc-contact-tracing-statement-050520-italian.pdf">Read the statement in Italian here</a> and in <a href="/binaries/content/assets/public-policy/europe-tpc-contact-tracing-statement-french.pdf">French here</a>.</p></div> </div> <a href='/binaries/content/assets/public-policy/europe-tpc-contact-tracing-statement.pdf' ><img src="/binaries/ctaimagelarge/content/gallery/acm/ctas/public-policy/contact-tracing.jpg" alt="" /></a></div> </div> </div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div class="articles multi-cta"> <div class="three-cols article-block"> <div class="row" data-equalizer=""> <div class="large-4 medium-4 small-12 columns"> <div class="cta shadowed " data-equalizer-watch=""> <div class="row" style="margin: inherit;"> <div class="medium-12 columns d-table top-cta"> <div class="text-wrap"> <h2 class="text-left"><a href='/binaries/content/assets/public-policy/europe-tpc-comments-uknds.pdf' >ACM Europe TPC Comments on UK National Data Strategy</a></h2> <div class="dek"> <p>ACM’s Europe Technology Policy Committee has formally urged the UK government to assure that its National Data Strategy provide for datasets that are open, subject to multidisciplinary expert review, protected by robust risk assessment, and compiled in consultation with marginalized communities to assure their benefit to all sectors of society.</p></div> </div> <a href='/binaries/content/assets/public-policy/europe-tpc-comments-uknds.pdf' ><img src="/binaries/ctaimagelarge/content/gallery/acm/ctas/public-policy/nds-logo-policy.jpg" alt="" /></a></div> </div> </div></div> <div class="large-4 medium-4 small-12 columns"> <div class="cta shadowed " data-equalizer-watch=""> <div class="row" style="margin: inherit;"> <div class="medium-12 columns d-table top-cta"> <div class="text-wrap"> <h2 class="text-left"><a href='/binaries/content/assets/public-policy/aigenderbiaspaper.pdf' >ACM Europe TPC Report on Bias in ADM Systems</a></h2> <div class="dek"> <p>Responding to an invitation from the European Parliament, members of the ACM Europe Technology Policy Committee (TPC) Panagiota Fatourou (Chair, ACM Europe Council), Chris Hankin (Chair, ACM Europe TPC), and Bran Knowles (Member, ACM Europe TPC) wrote an in-depth white paper on <a href="https://www.acm.org/binaries/content/assets/public-policy/aigenderbiaspaper.pdf"><em>Gender Bias in Automated Decision Making (ADM) Systems</em></a>. The paper discusses how bias resulting from the use of machine-learned ADM systems can impact gender equality, including employment processes such as job recruitment and screening.</p></div> </div> <a href='/binaries/content/assets/public-policy/aigenderbiaspaper.pdf' ><img src="/binaries/ctaimagelarge/content/gallery/acm/ctas/public-policy/gender-bias-adm-systems-2021.jpg" alt="" /></a></div> </div> </div></div> <div class="large-4 medium-4 small-12 columns"> <div class="cta shadowed " data-equalizer-watch=""> <div class="row" style="margin: inherit;"> <div class="medium-12 columns d-table top-cta"> <div class="text-wrap"> <h2 class="text-left"><a href='https://www.acm.org/public-policy/europe-tpc' >Michel Beaudouin-Lafon Named ACM Europe Technology Policy Committee Chair</a></h2> <div class="dek"> <p>Michel Beaudouin-Lafon has been named Chair of the ACM Europe Technology Policy Committee. Beaudouin-Lafon is Professor of Computer Science, Classe Exceptionnelle, at Université Paris-Saclay, senior fellow of Institut Universitaire de France, recipient of the CNRS Silver Medal, and an ACM Fellow. He has served as the Technology Policy Council Vice Chair, and as a member of the TPC TechBriefs Committee, and the Europe Council.</p></div> </div> <a href='https://www.acm.org/public-policy/europe-tpc' ><img src="/binaries/ctaimagelarge/content/gallery/acm/ctas/people/michel-beaudouin-lafon.jpg" alt="Image of Michel Beaudouin-Lafon, Chair of the ACM Europe Technology Policy Committee" /></a></div> </div> </div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div class="articles multi-cta"> <div class="three-cols article-block"> <div class="row" data-equalizer=""> <div class="large-4 medium-4 small-12 columns"> <div class="cta shadowed " data-equalizer-watch=""> <div class="row" style="margin: inherit;"> <div class="medium-12 columns d-table top-cta"> <div class="text-wrap"> <h2 class="text-left"><a href='/binaries/content/assets/public-policy/europe-tpc-comments-euc-ai-white-paper.pdf' >ACM Europe TPC Comments on AI White Paper</a></h2> <div class="dek"> <p>ACM’s Europe Technology Policy Committee submitted comments to the European Commission on "<a href="https://commission.europa.eu/publications/white-paper-artificial-intelligence-european-approach-excellence-and-trust_en">Artificial Intelligence—A European approach to excellence and trust</a>," which addresses the future of AI in Europe. The comments, submitted in questionnaire form, asked the Commission to rate priorities based on their perceived importance, such as skills and training; public/private partnerships; and financing for startups.</p></div> </div> <a href='/binaries/content/assets/public-policy/europe-tpc-comments-euc-ai-white-paper.pdf' ><img src="/binaries/ctaimagelarge/content/gallery/acm/ctas/public-policy/eu-ai-trust.jpg" alt="" /></a></div> </div> </div></div> <div class="large-4 medium-4 small-12 columns"> <div class="cta shadowed " data-equalizer-watch=""> <div class="row" style="margin: inherit;"> <div class="medium-12 columns d-table top-cta"> <div class="text-wrap"> <h2 class="text-left"><a href='/binaries/content/assets/public-policy/2016_euacm_cybersecurity_white_paper.pdf' >Advancing Cybersecurity Research and Education in Europe</a></h2> <div class="dek"> <p>A new policy white paper by the ACM Europe Technology Policy Committee, "Advancing Cybersecurity Research and Education in Europe: Major Drivers of Growth in the Digital Landscape," explores the important role of cybersecurity research and education in enhancing cybersecurity, and provides an overview of emerging trends and challenges, including new privacy and security concerns.</p></div> </div> <a href='/binaries/content/assets/public-policy/2016_euacm_cybersecurity_white_paper.pdf' ><img src="/binaries/ctaimagelarge/content/gallery/acm/ctas/public-policy/2016_euacm_cybersecurity_white_paper.jpg" alt="" /></a></div> </div> </div></div> <div class="large-4 medium-4 small-12 columns"> <div class="cta shadowed " data-equalizer-watch=""> <div class="row" style="margin: inherit;"> <div class="medium-12 columns d-table top-cta"> <div class="text-wrap"> <h2 class="text-left"><a href='/binaries/content/assets/public-policy/ie-euacm-adm-report-2018.pdf' >Europe TPC, IE Recommendations on Automated Decision Making</a></h2> <div class="dek"> <p>The white paper "When Computers Decide: European Recommendations on Machine-Learned Automated Decision Making" presents the views of the ACM Europe Technology Policy Committee and Informatics Europe (IE) on the challenges posed by the increasing presence of Machine Learning and Automated Decision Making (ADM) systems in almost every aspect of modern human life.</p></div> </div> <a href='/binaries/content/assets/public-policy/ie-euacm-adm-report-2018.pdf' ><img src="/binaries/ctaimagelarge/content/gallery/acm/ctas/public-policy/ie-euacm-adm-report-2018.jpg" alt="" /></a></div> </div> </div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div class="articles multi-cta"> <div class="three-cols article-block"> <div class="row" data-equalizer=""> <div class="large-4 medium-4 small-12 columns"> <div class="cta shadowed " data-equalizer-watch=""> <div class="row" style="margin: inherit;"> <div class="medium-12 columns d-table top-cta"> <div class="text-wrap"> <h2 class="text-left"><a href='/binaries/content/assets/public-policy/2017_joint_statement_algorithms.pdf' >ACM US and European Policy Committees List Seven Principles to Address Algorithmic Bias</a></h2> <div class="dek"> <p>Recognizing the ubiquity of algorithms in our daily lives, as well as their far-reaching impact, the ACM US Technology Policy Committee and the ACM Europe Technology Policy Committee have issued a statement and a list of seven principles designed to address potential harmful bias. The US ACM committee approved the principles earlier this year, and the European ACM committee approved them on May 25.</p></div> </div> <a href='/binaries/content/assets/public-policy/2017_joint_statement_algorithms.pdf' ><img src="/binaries/ctaimagelarge/content/gallery/acm/ctas/public-policy/usacm-algorithms.jpg" alt="" /></a></div> </div> </div></div> <div class="large-4 medium-4 small-12 columns"> <div class="cta shadowed " data-equalizer-watch=""> <div class="row" style="margin: inherit;"> <div class="medium-12 columns d-table top-cta"> <div class="text-wrap"> <h2 class="text-left"><a href='/binaries/content/assets/public-policy/2017_joint_statement_iotprivacysecurity.pdf' >ACM US and Europe Tech Policy Committees Issue Statement on IoT Privacy and Security</a></h2> <div class="dek"> <p>The ACM US Technology Policy Committee and the ACM Europe Technology Policy Committee have released a Statement on Internet of Things Privacy and Security addressing existing and expected privacy and security concerns in the IoT ecosystem. The principles in the statement propose policy and technical approaches to tackle privacy and security challenges while ensuring that the technology continues to move forward.</p></div> </div> <a href='/binaries/content/assets/public-policy/2017_joint_statement_iotprivacysecurity.pdf' ><img src="/binaries/ctaimagelarge/content/gallery/acm/ctas/public-policy/usacm-iot-security.jpg" alt="" /></a></div> </div> </div></div> <div class="large-4 medium-4 small-12 columns"> <div class="cta shadowed " data-equalizer-watch=""> <div class="row" style="margin: inherit;"> <div class="medium-12 columns d-table top-cta"> <div class="text-wrap"> <h2 class="text-left"><a href='http://ec.europa.eu/research/sam/pdf/sam_cybersecurity_report.pdf' target='_blank'>What Should Europe’s Cybersecurity Policy Focus On?</a></h2> <div class="dek"> <p>A new report on cybersecurity policy published by the European Commission’s top scientific advisers cites the ACM Europe Technology Policy Committee’s White Paper on “<a href="/binaries/content/assets/public-policy/2016_euacm_cybersecurity_white_paper.pdf">Advancing Cybersecurity Research and Education in Europe</a>” and the ACM US Technology Policy Committee’s Principles on Algorithmic Transparency and Accountability. 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