Enforcement of liquor and catering law

Municipality of Utrecht

By being able to spot in a better and more targeted way where there might be a breach of the Liquor and/or Catering Act at catering establishments, you as a catering entrepreneur can receive a fine earlier (if there is a breach) than was previously the case.

Last change on 12th of July 2024, at 9:49 (CET) | Publication Standard 1.0

• Publication category: Impactful algorithms
• Impact assessment: DPIA, ...
• Status: In use

General information

Theme

Public Order and Safety

Begin date

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Contact information

[e-mail]

Responsible use

Goal and impact

Targeted inspection of catering establishments for compliance with the Liquor and Catering Act

Considerations

Results Uthiek Assessment: the approach to enforcement of the Liquor and Catering Act allows us to identify in a better and more targeted way where there might be violations among catering entrepreneurs. This allows us to carry out our legal duty in the right way and this contributes to the value Power relations. This only gives us a signal and the action perspective for the enforcerss to explore the situation at the relevant catering establishment. By doing so, we provide enforcerss with targeted information for enforcement, and increase their freedom of choice and contribute to the value Autonomy. Better and more targeted enforcement of the Liquor and Catering Act contributes to safer and healthier conditions for people visiting catering establishments. Hereby we contribute to the value Safety and Health.

Human intervention

The algorithm (with direct impact on Utrecht residents and their living environment) only serves as a source of information for an employee, who takes the right follow-up step based on this information and the context of the situation. This principle is included in our Utrecht framework Internal Guidelines for Algorithm Application.

Risk management

The Utrecht data scientists, Information and Process Advisors (IPA) and Decentralised Information Security Officers (DISO) within the Utrecht municipality have a controlling and monitoring role in the application of the algorithm, in addition to the employees directly involved. By doing so, we want to prevent the following risks from occurring:

- data leak by making personal data of Utrecht residents publicly available

- algorithm takes a decision completely independently, without the intervention of an employee and without interpreting the relevant context of the situation

- 'function creep' regarding data in the application of the algorithm, causing the algorithm to give a distorted picture of what is going on. This can occur because the same type of data is used when applying the algorithm, and the algorithm uses that as confirmation of what comes out as information

Impact assessment

• Utrechts Uthiek Assessment
• Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA)

Operations

Data

Hospitality industry data:

- licensing data

- enforcement data