Only one week left to submit an essay in the 12th edition of the UODO competition for students

For the twelfth time, the President of the Personal Data Protection Office invites students of law and administration faculties of the third and fifth year of long-cycle studies and the 1st-3rd year of second-cycle studies to participate in an essay competition entitled "Checking students' predispositions with the use of artificial intelligence". The competition is organised by the Personal Data Protection Office and the National Chamber of Legal Advisers. The substantive partner of the competition is the law firm Kobylańska Lewoszewski Mednis (general partnership.)

The aim of the competition is to promote knowledge about the protection of personal data. It also allows students to test their knowledge in formulating practical solutions in the face of real legal problems. This year, students will face issues related to the use of artificial intelligence tools to check students' predispositions to study in a given field of study. Such tools can be used to analyse information available on the Internet, including the content of entries and posts, and to prepare an assessment of the candidate's aptitude and actual commitment to a given field of study. The university adds or subtracts points in case of such a person depending on the result of the algorithm's evaluation.

This year, candidates will be tasked with assessing whether the university has a legal basis to process personal data used in such an analysis of candidate information. Will it be justified to collect data from various sources to check whether a candidate has chosen the right field of study?

The task of the participants is to prepare a solution to the case in the form of an essay. The deadline for submissions is May 24, 2024. The works will be evaluated by experts from the Personal Data Protection Office, the National Chamber of Legal Advisers and specialists in the field of personal data protection from the law firm Kobylańska Lewoszewski Mednis. The results will be announced by 4 June 2024 on the Personal Data Protection Office’s website.

The winners of the competition will receive in-kind prizes. In addition, special prizes will be awarded to the winners – participation in a 2-week training program at the  Personal Data Protection Office.

Please read the regulations of the competition, which specify in detail the rules of participation.

We invite you to participate in the competition!