Article 22 – Automated individual decision-making, including profiling
Title kept from the law in force; this text prints none.
Changes since3 September 2026ST 12535/26, Art 22
Same wording as in the Council text of 3 September 2026. Every text of this provision
Text as printed
Changes to the law in force · Same wording since 21 May · Changes since the Commission proposal
Article 22 In every text (Article 22)
Its wording is printed below, under Article 22(1), (2) and (3).
ST 13886/26, pages 122–123
Article 22(1) In every text (Article 22(1))
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, unless such processing:
is necessary for entering into, or performance of, a contract between the data subject and a data controller;
is 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
is based on the data subject's explicit consent.
ST 13886/26, page 122
Article 22(2) In every text (Article 22(2))
In the cases referred to in points (a) and (c) of paragraph 1, 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.
ST 13886/26, page 122
Article 22(3) In every text (Article 22(3))
Decisions referred to in paragraph 1 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.
ST 13886/26, page 123