算法解释规则的司法续造与审查——从《个人信息保护法》第24条第3款的适用展开

Judicial Renewal and Review of the Algorithm Interpretation Rules——Application of Article 24(3)of the Personal Information Protection Law

《个人信息保护法》第24条第3款确立了算法解释请求权,即个人在特定条件下可以要求个人信息处理者对算法进行解释说明。但该条款规范内容相对模糊,缺乏具体适用规则,导致算法解释的司法审查失范。因此,为破除算法解释的应用困境,完善算法技术的司法规制,有必要通过司法续造的方式对算法解释的具体规则予以明确,确立“双重价值、二元视角”的审查逻辑,并以此为基础构建对算法解释的“要件式”审查路径,即在前提要件的审查中突出对“重大影响”的区别判断,在内容要件的审查中关注解释内容的合法性、合理性及限度,在标准要件的审查中强调对解释程度的场景分析,在责任要件的审查中注重对传统民事责任的回归与呼应,力求在算法解释领域探索形成一套司法规制的基本规则。

Article 24(3)of the Personal Information Protection Law stipulates the right to algorithm interpretation,i.e.,an individual may,under certain conditions,request the processor of personal information to provide an explanation of the algorithm.However,the content of this provision is relatively vague and lacks specific application rules,which leads to the difficulties of judicial review of algorithm interpretation.Therefore,to break the predicament in algorithm interpretation and improve the judicial review rules of algorithmic technology,it is necessary to clarify and renew the specific rules of algorithm interpretation,establish the"dual values,dual perspectives"logic for judicial review,and an"elements"review approach accordingly.The"elements"review approach can be unpacked from the following aspects:evaluating"significant influence"specifically based on different stages in review of the prerequisite element;paying attention to the legality,reasonableness and proportionality in review of the content element;deciding the extent of interpretation based on the scenario analysis in review of the standard element;and focusing on alignment with the traditional civil liability jurisprudence in review of the liability element.By this approach,we strive to explore and form a set of basic rules of judicial review in the field of algorithm interpretation.