AI, biometric data, and the effective protection of fundamental rights in the recent ECJ case-law

Calogero Pizzolo

Profesor titular and Director of the Center for Studies on Regional Integration & Human Rights, University of Buenos Aires (UBA), Faculty of Law - calogeropizzolo@derecho.uba.ar

Abstract (ita)

Il contributo analizza la più recente giurisprudenza della Corte di giustizia sulla tutela effettiva dei dati biometrici, nel contesto della forte espansione dei sistemi di intelligenza artificiale e, per l’effetto, della contrazione dei diritti fondamentali – in particolare, del diritto alla privacy.

Abstract (eng)

The paper focuses on the recent case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union on the effective protection of biometric data, in the context of the strong expansion of artificial intelligence systems and, because of the above, a retraction of fundamental rights – in particular, the right to privacy.

* This paper is a reworking of the guest lecture delivered on 20 March 2025 as part of the course in European Law and International Economic Relations, Department of Political Science, University of Naples Federico II, with the addition of a few footnotes.

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