How will the GDPR impact machine learning?

The Strata Data conference in London takes place during one of the most important weeks in the history of data regulation, as GDPR begins to be enforced. Steve Touw explores the effects of the GDPR on deploying machine learning models in the EU.

The Strata Data conference in London takes place during one of the most important weeks in the history of data regulation, as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) begins to be enforced. Steve Touw explores the effects of the GDPR on deploying machine learning models in the EU. The GDPR contains a host of forward-leaning data provisions, but none are thornier than the so-called “right to explainability” and the constraints the GDPR imposes on machine learning. With fines of up to four percent of global revenue, organizations using EU data will literally not be able to afford to ignore these issues. Questions created by the GDPR include: Steve focuses on the specific challenges created by the GDPR, the ambiguities around ML that regulators have left unaddressed, and what this means for every phase of the ML creation, testing, and deployment lifecycle.