GDPR Article 22 · Learn
GDPR Article 22: plain-English guides for the people who operate it.
Plain-English guides to the GDPR's rule on automated decision-making, written for the people who operate the systems it governs. Each guide leads with the answer, cites the source, and is kept current as the case law develops.
Guides
What to read first.
GDPR Article 22 · Introduction
What is GDPR Article 22?
The right, the two thresholds, the three exceptions, and why Article 22 lands squarely on modern AI systems.
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GDPR Article 22 · Case lawThe SCHUFA ruling: when a score becomes a decision
How Case C-634/21 reframed a score as a decision, and why the logic reaches well beyond credit bureaus.
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GDPR Article 22 · ComparisonsGDPR Article 22 vs the EU AI Act: how they overlap
Different instruments, complementary duties: where the regimes converge and where they diverge.
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GDPR Article 22 · PracticeGDPR Article 22 compliance checklist
A four-step checklist: find the decisions, confirm the basis, wire the safeguards, and keep the record current.
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GDPR Article 22 · PracticeWhat counts as meaningful human involvement under Article 22?
The rubber-stamp trap, what meaningful involvement requires, and how to design review honestly.
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GDPR Article 22 · indicative readiness
HAEL FREE TOOLLIVE
Applicability
Applies to your AI use
MAPPED
What's expected
Risk classification · governance · documentation · oversight
4 PILLARS
Where you stand
Banded result · pointed to the gaps that matter most
SOURCED
Result
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FREE
Effort
Pre-scoped to GDPR Article 22
~ 5 MIN
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