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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">In response to the growing demand for transparency and accountability around automated decision-making, King’s College London, Southampton University and partners
Experian, Southampton Connect and Roke have been working on a project called PLEAD.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Individuals have the right to challenge automated decisions made about them, and to understand if they were made fairly. What was the provenance of the decision? Where did the data come
from and how was it used to make the decision? Was the decision fully automated without any human involvement?</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">We would like to invite you to a webinar to be held on 15th June at 10:00 and 22nd June at 15:00. Please join the PLEAD team to discuss the project and how a digital tool we have developed,
called the <b>Explanation Assistant</b>, can make it easier to explain complex automated decisions to customers. </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Please register to attend here and feel free to share:
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-provenance-and-legality-of-automated-decisions-tickets-155845571299"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-provenance-and-legality-of-automated-decisions-tickets-155845571299</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">PLEAD is relevant for financial services, local government, health, community and consumer services - in fact, any industry which uses personal data and must comply with strict regulations
around automated decision-making. Here’s a short </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fvimeo.com%2Fplead%2Fexplanation-assistant&data=04%7C01%7CTuring-Southampton%40ecs.soton.ac.uk%7C21dd4f3417074acc0fc008d926723b51%7C4a5378f929f44d3ebe89669d03ada9d8%7C0%7C0%7C637583094334635680%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=DarulCvlok2S%2BVeSF%2BcOzjLC1%2B6pc7nPY4YXUqN8MP4%3D&reserved=0" originalsrc="http://vimeo.com/plead/explanation-assistant" shash="Zw6ijFzICnl/vrTg4FOi9m4V8BwP7d3IN5XM0nhG0i0KPwKg0jMZIqDttltfj4HEDObQVsvWDGn7wd8U1/a8J28h1zbQvthnzEfmCnOnTfoBObORMckXcnRxslpNEFovJ6sk1xyDsA0BwZP/ryR2LOA7TnxIKsNM/jniFTt9lug="><span style="font-size:10.0pt">video.</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">We are following up the webinars with two round table sessions in July, one focused on financial services and one on local government and communities.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">We would be really grateful if you could promote the events to your communities.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Thanks and best wishes,</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Lucie Burgess On behalf of the PLEAD project</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#444444">Lucie Burgess</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#444444"> MPhys(Oxf) MSc</span><span style="color:#444444"><br>
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#444444">Director</span><span style="color:#444444">, Helix Data Innovation</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="mailto:lucie.burgess@helixdata.ai" target="_blank"><span style="color:#444444">lucie.burgess@helixdata.ai</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#444444">Twitter, LinkedIn @LucieCBurgess<br>
+44 (0)7725 842619</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:#444444">Helix Data Innovation is a science impact accelerator. We enable enterprises, universities and communities to collaborate for greater impact, using scientific rigour and evidence to co-create, execute and
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