The European Commission has officially launched the European Centre for Algorithmic Transparency (ECAT). The ECAT's role is to provide the Commission with technical and scientific expertise ensuring that the algorithmic systems used by Very Large Online Platforms and Very Large Online Search Engines comply with the risk management, mitigation and transparency requirements of the EU Digital Services Act (DSA).
Margrethe Vestager, Executive Vice-President for a Europe Fit for the Digital Age, said, "With multidisciplinary expertise, the team at the European Centre for Algorithmic Transparency is going to look under the hood of the Very Large Online Platforms and Very Large Online Search Engines for the first time to see how their algorithms function and contribute to the spread of illegal and harmful content, which too many Europeans have been exposed to.
What is this page?
You are reading a summary article on the Privacy Newsfeed, a free resource for DPOs and other professionals with privacy or data protection responsibilities helping them stay informed of industry news all in one place. The information here is a brief snippet relating to a single piece of original content or several articles about a common topic or thread. The main contributor is listed in the top left-hand corner, just beneath the article title.
The Privacy Newsfeed monitors over 300 global publications, of which more than 4,350 summary articles have been posted to the online archive dating back to the beginning of 2020. A weekly roundup is available by email every Friday.
