FPF report on Vulnerable People, Marginalization, and Data Protection

20/03/2023 | Future of Privacy Forum

The Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) has published its sixth Brussels Privacy Symposium report: Vulnerable People, Marginalization, and Data Protection. The symposium, held on 15 November 2022, explored:

  • The extent to which data protection laws, such as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), safeguard vulnerable and marginalised people. 
  • Balancing the processing of personal data to uncover bias with the right to privacy.
  • Whether prohibiting the processing of vulnerable people's personal data serves as a protection mechanism or deepens bias.

This Report highlights relevant points raised by the speakers during the symposium. 

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