Many organisations are seeing a massive increase in AI generated Freedom of Information requests and GDPR Subject Access Requests (SARs). For example, Lincolnshire County Council received almost 2000 FOI requests in the last financial year; an increase of 18% compared to the previous year. No doubt the same is the case for SARs.
AI has democratised and powered access to information. Large Language Models, like ChatGPT and Claude, can produce ‘perfectly written’ FOI requests and SARs at the touch of a button. But these are causing problems for over loaded information governance departments. Not only are more requests coming through; they are often longer, broader and difficult to interpret.
In the latest episode of the Guardians of Data podcast we guide information governance practitioners to help them manage and lawfully respond to AI generated information requests. Our guest is Saara Idelbi from 39 Essex Chambers. Saara practises in administrative law, human rights, data protection and information rights. She is named by the Legal 500 as a ‘leading junior’ barrister. Saara is a recognised voice on AI and the law and is the co-founder of Advocatr, an AI legal training platform.
Listen on your preferred platform via our podcast page, or download the episode directly, for practical guidance on how to handle AI generated information requests whilst respecting the key principles of information rights legislation: openness, transparency and accountability.
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Previous episodes of the Guardians of Data podcast have featured Caroline Wong talking about the impact of AI on Cybersecurity, Jen Persson, a privacy campaigner, explaining the privacy implications of the Government’s new plans for children’s data, and Ilyas Nagdee analysing the impact of predictive policing in human rights.
