Module 5: Artificial Intelligence

Automated decision-making in the public sector

According to Article 22 of the General Data Protection Regulation, a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling, comprises automated individual decision-making. Under Article 4(4) of the same regulation, profiling means any form of automated processing of personal data consisting of the use of personal data to evaluate certain personal aspects relating to a natural person, in particular to analyse or predict aspects concerning that natural person’s performance at work, economic situation, health, personal preferences, interests, reliability, behaviour, location or movements