Title: INVENTORY OF LACUNAE IN THE LEGAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK

Ambient Intelligence is only a vision. However, the enabling technologies for AmI are being developed today. To anticipate the realisation of this vision, we need also to develop a vision of the kind of law that will safeguard autonomy and non-discrimination in smart environments that depend on real-time monitoring and proactive autonomic computing. Waiting for the realisation of AmI before developing a vision of the law that regulates AmI – Ambient Law – is not an option, because the effectiveness of AmL will depend on its inscription in the technological architecture it aims to regulate. Thinking in terms of such inscription as a matter of implementation only is also not a viable option, because the legitimacy of AmL will depend on the extent to which it conforms to both democratic processes and the rule of law. Before answering the research question of this report, we will make an inventory of the issues that need to be resolved in the legal and technological domain, if AmL is to be a success. We refer to the description of the fair information principles as part of AmL (see section ) and compare this to solutions presented in the legal and technological chapters.