Please note: The algorithm descriptions in English have been automatically translated. Errors may have been introduced in this process. For the original descriptions, go to the Dutch version of the Algorithm Register.
Air quality model
- Publication category
- Impactful algorithms
- Impact assessment
- DPIA, ...
- Status
- In use
General information
Theme
Begin date
Contact information
Responsible use
Goal and impact
Predicting whether air quality standards will be violated in a given area
Considerations
Results Uthiek Assessment: with this approach on air quality, we stimulate that the air quality in Utrecht is present. In doing so, we contribute to the Health value, because good air quality leads to a cleaner city and living environment. In doing so, we also protect a group of vulnerable Utrecht citizens who are extra sensitive to air quality. In doing so, we contribute to the value Justice. The value Privacy is NOT at stake, because we take noise measurements without recording personal data.
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
- air quality standard
- air quality measurements per area
- air quality reports
- climate and meteorological change data
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