Paul F. Nemitz
Retired Principal Advisor on the Digital Transition and Justice Policy, European Commission
Paul F. NEMITZ, Visiting professor, European Legal Studies Department is a former Principal Advisor in the Directorate-General for Justice and Consumers of the European Commission. Prior to this, he was the Director responsible for Fundamental rights and Union citizenship, the lead Director for the reform of the EU data protection legislation, the “Snowden” follow-up, the negotiations of the EU – US Privacy Shield, and the EU Code of Conduct against Hate speech on the internet. Before joining DG Justice, he held posts in the Legal Service of the Commission, the Cabinet of Commissioner Nielson, and in the Directorates General for Trade, Transport, and Maritime Affairs. He has broad experience as an agent of the Commission in litigation before the European Courts, and he has published extensively on EU law.
His essay for the Royal Society entitled “Constitutional Democracy and Technology in the age of Artificial Intelligence” has been downloaded over 60000 times and has been cited extensively. It inaugurated the turn from AI ethics to AI Law. He also recently published a new book, the Human Imperative – Power, Freedom and Democracy in the Age of Artificial Intelligence.
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