FRIDAY 16 OCTOBER· STOCKHOLM · THE DAY IN 5 STORIES

When a fully automated decision changes your future, GDPR gives you a right to understand and challenge it

GDPR generally prohibits fully automated decisions with major effects. Exceptions do not erase the right to understand and challenge.

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A credit application can be rejected in seconds without a human reading it. Under GDPR, that is not simply an efficient workflow when the result has legal or similarly significant effects.

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