{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-679/article-22C",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-679/article-22C.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2016/679",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data (United Kingdom General Data Protection Regulation) (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-679",
  "path": "article/22C",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "22C",
  "heading": "Safeguards for automated decision-making",
  "text": "1. Where a significant decision taken by or on behalf of a controller in relation to a data subject is—\n(a) based entirely or partly on personal data, and\n(b) based solely on automated processing,\nthe controller must ensure that safeguards for the data subject’s rights, freedoms and legitimate interests are in place which comply with paragraph 2 and any regulations under Article 22D(3).\n2. The safeguards must consist of or include measures which—\n(a) provide the data subject with information about decisions described in paragraph 1 taken in relation to the data subject;\n(b) enable the data subject to make representations about such decisions;\n(c) enable the data subject to obtain human intervention on the part of the controller in relation to such decisions;\n(d) enable the data subject to contest such decisions.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ch. 3 Section 4A substituted for Art. 22 (19.6.2025 for specified purposes, 5.2.2026 in so far as not already in force) by Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (c. 18), ss. 80(1), 142(1)(2)(h); S.I. 2026/82, reg. 2(j) (with reg. 5)"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2016/679/article/22C",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:45:51.683617+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}