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Automated Decision-Making

What is Automated Decision-Making?

Decisions made by algorithms or AI systems without significant human involvement. Under GDPR Article 22, individuals have the right not to be subject to decisions based solely on automated processing that produce legal or similarly significant effects.

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Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as automated decision-making. The number is how many controls name both.

What the standards actually require on automated decision-making

Requirements naming automated decision-making across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.

Where a significant decision about a data subject is based wholly or partly on personal data and solely on automated processing, the controller must ensure safeguards are in place that give the data subject information about such decisions taken about them, en...

uk-gdpr-uk-general-data-protection-regulation::Art.22C · Article 22C Safeguards for automated decision-making →

A data subject has the right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling, that produces legal or similarly significant effects, unless the decision is necessary for entering into or performing a contract with the c...

nigeria-data-protection-act-2023-ndpa::37 · Automated decision making →

Adhere to Oman PDPL Articles 25-28 covering automated decision-making + profiling + children + direct marketing. Automated decision-making and profiling per Article 25 requires (a) restriction of solely-automated decisions producing legal or similarly signific...

OMANPDPL-7 · Automated Decision-Making, Profiling, Children, Direct Marketing →

A processor using personal information for automated decision-making must ensure the transparency of the decision-making and the fairness and impartiality of the results and may not apply unreasonable differential treatment in transaction prices or other condi...

china-personal-information-protection-law-pipl::24 · Art. 24 Automated decision-making: transparency, fairness, no unreasonable price discrimination, opt-out from targeted push, explanation and refusal of solely automated significant decisions →
ISO 27701:20192 controls

The organization must identify and address the obligations, including legal obligations, that it owes to individuals arising from decisions it makes about them based solely on automated processing of their personal data, taking account of jurisdictions that im...

iso-27701-2019::7.3.10 · Automated decision making →

Questions people ask about automated decision-making

What is Automated Decision-Making?
Decisions made by algorithms or AI systems without significant human involvement. Under GDPR Article 22, individuals have the right not to be subject to decisions based solely on automated processing that produce legal or similarly significant effects.
Why is Automated Decision-Making important for compliance?
Automated Decision-Making is a key concept in AI & Technology. Understanding automated decision-making helps organizations meet regulatory requirements, reduce risk, and demonstrate due diligence during audits. Our compliance platform maps 1,016 frameworks with 316K cross-framework control mappings.
Which compliance frameworks address Automated Decision-Making?
Automated Decision-Making appears in the requirement text of UK GDPR (UK General Data Protection Regulation), Jamaica Data Protection Act 2020, Nigeria Data Protection Act 2023 (NDPA), Oman Personal Data Protection Law (Royal Decree 6/2022), China Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL). Across these standards we have identified 18 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about Automated Decision-Making?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how automated decision-making applies across different standards and regulations. Our implementation guides provide step-by-step guidance, and the compliance platform offers AI-powered analysis of how this concept maps across 1,016 frameworks.

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Written and maintained by Gerard Blokdyk, The Art of Service.