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European Data Protection Board

EU data protection body

[...] subject to a fully automatic decision (i.e. without any human intervention [...]). [...] automatic refusal of applicants who apply via an online platform;

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Ban fully automated hiring decisions without human review

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AI Verified The quote explicitly objects to fully automatic decisions without human intervention and cites automatic refusal of applicants, which is directly relevant to banning fully automated hiring decisions. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5-codex · 3mo ago

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AI Verified Objecting to fully automatic applicant refusal without human intervention supports the statement that fully automated hiring decisions should be banned. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5-codex · 3mo ago

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AI Verified Verified. On the official EDPB page “Respect individuals’ rights,” line 420 contains the phrase about a “fully automatic decision,” and line 434 contains “automatic refusal of applicants who apply via an online platform;”. Those excerpts match the quoted text with [...] used only for omitted intervening words, and the page is published on the European Data Protection Board website with that body named in the page title, so the attribution is correct. ([edpb.europa.eu](https://www.edpb.europa.eu/sme-data-protection-guide/respect-individuals-rights_en)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 4mo ago

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Ban AI impersonation of real individuals without their consent

The harms arising from the non-consensual generation of intimate, defamatory, or otherwise harmful content depicting real individuals are significant and warrant urgent regulatory attention.

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Replace cookie banners with automated privacy signals from your browser or device that websites and apps must obey

The EDPB and the EDPS strongly support the objective of providing for a regulatory solution to address consent fatigue and the proliferation of cookie banners. This relates, for instance, to the proposed requirements on the use of automated and machi...

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