automated decision-making

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the use of software systems, algorithms, and artificial intelligence to make or substantially influence decisions about individuals without meaningful human involvement in the specific decision; automated decision-making systems are used across sectors including credit scoring, insurance underwriting, welfare benefits eligibility, recruitment screening, criminal sentencing recommendations, content moderation, and medical diagnosis; while automation can increase consistency and processing speed, it also risks encoding and amplifying the biases present in training data or in the design assumptions of system architects; the EU General Data Protection Regulation grants individuals rights related to automated decision-making under Article 22, including the right not to be subject solely to automated decisions with significant effects and the right to obtain human review of such decisions