The global and digital life is a challenge for every regulator worldwide: with the wide use of robotics, artificial intelligence and blockchain technology, the world is now changing faster than the law could give an adequate reaction. This is effecting many spheres of life: from governmental offices to private workplaces, from the procurement process to...
Digitalisation in Hungarian elections
The digital word is effecting the people’s everyday life and also their political life. In the election process, several “e-questions“ arise: getting relevant information (or sometimes disinformation…?), e-voting, e-registration in the electoral roll. In a certain case from a current Hungarian practice in the paper I highlight the relevance of data protection and controll in...
Labour law for the robots?
Henry Ford II, and the leader of the automobile workers union, Walter Reuther, both saw many examples of advanced machinery operating at the firm. The words they exchanged brilliantly encapsulated the paradox of automation: “Henry Ford II: Walter, how are you going to get those robots to pay your union dues? Walter Reuther: Henry, how...
Privacy issues of artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence applications and Big Data technologies raise significant questions in the area of privacy. Users tend to disregard the fact that many databases they have provided their personal data to, are interconnected or are being harvested by data brokers. In this new era of Digital Age the privacy of citizens should be protected not...
Public procurement in a “21st century“-way: how new technologies may change public spending?
According to EU statistics governments and other public authorities are spending about 16% of the GDP through public procurement contracts. This way the regulation of the public procurement process highly effects the business environment, and can work as a catalysis for sustainable, eco-friendly and financially rational supply. This system is however a static one: stability...