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Algorithms in decision-making inquiry

Inquiry

This inquiry examines the increasing use of algorithms in public and business decision making. It assesses how algorithms are formulated, the scope for error or correction and the impact they may have individuals—and their ability to understand or challenge that decision.

The Committee continues the previous Committee's inquiry, taking forward the evidence it received previously.

Reports, special reports and government responses

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4th Report - Algorithms in decision-making
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6th Special Report - Algorithms in decision making: Government Response to the Committee’s Fourth Report
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6th Special Report - Algorithms in decision making: Government Response to the Committee’s Fourth Report
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Correspondence

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Letter from the Chair to Jeremy Wright on the Centre for Data and Ethics and Innovation, 10 July 2018
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Oral evidence transcripts

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23 January 2018
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Witnesses Elizabeth Denham, Information Commissioner; Margot James MP, Minister for Digital and Creative Industries, Oliver Buckley, Deputy Director, Digital Charter and Data Ethics, and Andrew Elliot, Data Protection Bill Manager, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
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Oral Evidence
16 January 2018
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Witnesses Dr Dominic King, Senior Staff Research Scientist and Clinical Lead, DeepMind Health, Dr Ian Hudson, Chief Executive, Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), Professor Harry Hemingway, Farr Institute of Health Informatics Research, and Eleonora Harwich, Head of Digital and Tech Innovation, Reform
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12 December 2017
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Witnesses Martin Wattenberg, Senior Staff Research Scientist, Google AI team, Charles Butterworth, Managing Director for UK, Europe, Middle East and Africa, Experian, Dr. M-H. Carolyn Nguyen, Director of Technology Policy, Microsoft, and Nick Pickles, Head of Public Policy UK and Israel, Twitter; Sheena Urwin, Head of Criminal Justice, Durham Constabulary, and Professor Kate Bowers, Academic Director, UCL Jill Dando Institute
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Information Commissioner’s Office (ADM0033)
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