Carbajo-Núñez Martín ,
Family privacy and Artificial Intelligence,
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Studia Elbląskie, 26 (2025) p. 363-377
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Abstract: The progressive expansion of artificial intelligence is transforming the home into an object of economic interest and technological intrusion. Devices designed to facilitate family life, such as household appliances, vehicles, sensors, and digital assistants are turning the most intimate spaces of the home into valuable data sources for market logics. Protecting family privacy, and especially safeguarding the best interests of the child, must take precedence over any supposed informational benefit or commercial interest. In fact, when privacy is violated, the human being is reduced to a mere object.
In the first part, we will outline some conclusions on family privacy from our studies of sixty national codes of journalistic ethics, drafted and adopted by journalists in forty-two European countries. We will then examine the challenges that AI poses to privacy within the family (ch. 2) and in the lives of minors (ch. 3), and finally propose strategies to address these challenges (ch. 4).
Keywords: Privacy, family, minors, artificial intelligence, codes of ethics
Resumen: La progresiva expansión de la inteligencia artificial está transformando el hogar en un objeto de interés económico y de intrusión tecnológica. Dispositivos diseñados para facilitar la vida familiar, como electrodomésticos, vehículos, sensores y asistentes digitales, están convirtiendo los espacios más íntimos del hogar en valiosas fuentes de datos para las lógicas del mercado. La protección de la privacidad familiar, y especialmente la salvaguarda del interés superior del menor, debe prevalecer sobre cualquier supuesto beneficio informativo o interés comercial. De hecho, cuando se vulnera la privacidad, el ser humano se reduce a un mero objeto.
En la primera parte, expondremos algunas conclusiones sobre la privacidad familiar derivadas de nuestro estudio de sesenta códigos deontológicos periodísticos de cuarenta y dos países europeos. Analizaremos también los desafíos que la inteligencia artificial plantea a la privacidad en el ámbito familiar (cap. 2) y en la vida de los menores (cap. 3), para finalmente proponer estrategias que permitan afrontar dichos desafíos (cap. 4).
Palabras clave: Privacidad/Intimidad, familia, Menores, Inteligencia Artificial, Códigos deontológicos
Riassunto: La progressiva espansione dell’intelligenza artificiale sta trasformando la casa in un oggetto di interesse economico e di intrusione tecnologica. Dispositivi progettati per facilitare la vita familiare, come elettrodomestici, veicoli, sensori e assistenti digitali, stanno trasformando gli spazi più intimi della casa in preziose fonti di dati al servizio delle logiche di mercato. La protezione della privacy familiare, e in particolare la salvaguardia del superiore interesse del minore, deve prevalere su qualsiasi presunto beneficio informativo o interesse commerciale. Infatti, quando la privacy viene violata, l’essere umano viene ridotto a un mero oggetto.
Nella prima parte presenteremo alcune conclusioni sulla privacy familiare tratte dal nostro studio di sessanta codici deontologici giornalistici provenienti da quarantadue paesi europei. Analizzeremo inoltre le sfide che l’intelligenza artificiale pone alla privacy nell’ambito familiare (cap. 2) e nella vita dei minori (cap. 3), per proporre infine strategie che consentano di affrontare tali sfide (cap. 4).
Parole chiave: Privacy, famiglia, minori, intelligenza artificiale, codici deontologici
Index:
1. Family privacy in the ethical codes of european journalism
1.1. Ethical criteria for the collection, publication, and storage of information
1.2. Protection of the privacy of children and young people
2. AI and privacy in the family sphere
2.1. The paradox of the “smart” home
2.2. Assessment of family dynamics for predictive purposes
2.3. Deepfakes and the right to be forgotten
2.4. Family disputes and algorithmic profile generation
3. Challenges to the privacy of minors
3.1. Reidentification from anonymous data
3.2. Automated profiles and algorithmic exposure of minors
3.3. Minors involved in criminal acts
4. Proposals for the protection of family privacy
4.1. Improving algorithms to safeguard children’s privacy
4.2. Mechanisms for redress and accountability
Conclusion
Palabras clave: Privacy, family, minors, artificial intelligence, codes of ethics
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