Chapter 3 · Rights of the Data Subject

Article 22Automated decision-making and profiling

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People have the right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing — including profiling — that has legal or similarly significant effects, save in defined cases with safeguards.

Key points

  • Solely automated significant decisions are restricted.
  • Where permitted, people get safeguards including human intervention.
  • Increasingly central as organisations deploy AI.
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