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GDPR artikel 22: Automated individual decision-making, including profiling
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- What this page is
- Agent, GDPR artikel 22
- Checked against the official source
- 2026-08-18Current
- Responsible publisher
- ExploreWorld Legal, editorial deskLiability position
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What does GDPR Article 22 require, and what outcome does the rule tree give?
GDPR Article 22 is tested here by a deterministic rule tree of 3 rules, built from the article's own conditions. The tree reads your facts and names the outcome that applies, starting with Article 22 does not apply, carrying paragraph citation, content hash and read date 2026-08-18 against CELEX 32016R0679. The outcome is a machine classification, not a compliance decision.
GDPR Article 22Checked against the publisher 2026-08-18Official text
- Article 22 does not apply. The prohibition covers decisions based solely on automated processing that produce legal or similarly significant effects.
- The decision must not be taken. Without an exception in Article 22(2) the data subject has the right not to be subject to the decision.
- The exception applies, with safeguards. The right to human intervention, to express a point of view and to contest the decision shall be ensured under Article 22(3).
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Inputs
- solely_automatedThe decision is based solely on automated processingboolean
- legal_or_significantThe decision produces legal or similarly significant effectsboolean
- exceptionException relied onenum (contract | law | explicit_consent | none)
Rule tree
If: någon(solely_automated = false, legal_or_significant = false)
Article 22 does not apply
The prohibition covers decisions based solely on automated processing that produce legal or similarly significant effects.
Paragraph 1
If: exception = none
The decision must not be taken
Without an exception in Article 22(2) the data subject has the right not to be subject to the decision.
Paragraph 1
If: exception i [contract, law, explicit_consent]
The exception applies, with safeguards
The right to human intervention, to express a point of view and to contest the decision shall be ensured under Article 22(3).
Paragraph 2, 3
If no rule matches: None of the article's conditions are met with the facts supplied. Supply more facts or read the article in full.
The article text as read
- 11. The data subject shall have the right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling, which produces legal effects concerning him or her or similarly significantly affects him or her.
- 22. Paragraph 1 shall not apply if the decision:
- 3(a)
- 4is necessary for entering into, or performance of, a contract between the data subject and a data controller;
- 5(b)
- 6is authorised by Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject and which also lays down suitable measures to safeguard the data subject's rights and freedoms and legitimate interests; or
- 7(c)
- 8is based on the data subject's explicit consent.
- 93. In the cases referred to in points (a) and (c) of paragraph 2, the data controller shall implement suitable measures to safeguard the data subject's rights and freedoms and legitimate interests, at least the right to obtain human intervention on the part of the controller, to express his or her point of view and to contest the decision.
- 104. Decisions referred to in paragraph 2 shall not be based on special categories of personal data referred to in Article 9(1), unless point (a) or (g) of Article 9(2) applies and suitable measures to safeguard the data subject's rights and freedoms and legitimate interests are in place.
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Citation: 32016R0679 art. 22, Automated individual decision-making, including profiling. ExploreWorld Legal, https://legal.exploreworldai.com/agent/gdpr-2016-679/artikel-22 (hämtad 2026-08-18, bevis sha256:2c65e7dc8f2ee42f, bygge legal-2026-08-25).