El Tribunal Supremo de lo Contencioso-Administrativo de Austria (VwGH) ha confirmado recientemente, en el caso Ro 2021/04/0010-11, que el uso por parte del Servicio Público de Empleo de un algoritmo para categorizar a los solicitantes de empleo constituye una «toma de decisiones automatizada» en virtud del artículo 22 del Reglamento General de Protección de Datos (RGPD).
Este término se refiere a un proceso en el que una decisión que afecta significativamente a una persona se toma únicamente por medios automatizados, sin intervención humana. La sentencia del Tribunal obliga a adherirse estrictamente a las leyes de protección de datos en estos casos.
The Supreme Administrative Court of Austria (VwGH) has recently confirmed in case Ro 2021/04/0010-11 that the Public Employment Service's use of an algorithm for categorizing job seekers qualifies as 'automated decision-making' under Article 22 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
This term refers to a process where a decision that significantly affects an individual is made solely by automated means, without human intervention. The court's ruling mandates strict adherence to data protection laws in such cases.
The Tokyo District Court rulled that a restaurant review platform's unilateral change to its rankings algorithm violated the Japanese antitrust law that prohibits abuse of "superior bargaining power."
The decision shows that, even if Big Tech groups have long argued that their algorithms should be considered trade secrets in all circumstances, courts and regulators across the world have begun to challenge that position.