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GDPRRegulation (EU) 2016/679

Article 22: Automated individual decision-making, including profiling

GDPR Art. 22, Chapter III, Section 4

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. 2. Paragraph 1 shall not apply if the decision: (a) is necessary for entering into, or performance of, a contract between the data subject and a data controller; (b) is a

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