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Solely-automated decision without safeguards

Various (GDPR fines) · 2023

Organisation
Various (GDPR fines)
Year
2023
Failure mode
Unlawful automated decision
Severity
major
Domain
Credit & financial scoring
Agentic
Yes — an AI system acting, not just advising
Source
EU DPA decisions

What happened

Automated decisions with legal effect made without the right to human review drew enforcement.

What would have prevented it

Art. 22 safeguards: meaningful human review + contest

Requirements this maps to

Editorial cross-reference from our prevention note — it is not a finding that any law was breached.