Section 50A — Data Protection Act 2018: Automated processing and significant decisions

Automated processing and significant decisions 50A 1 For the purposes of sections 50B and 50C—

a a decision is based solely on automated processing if there is no meaningful human involvement in the taking of the decision, and b a decision is a significant decision, in relation to a data subject, if—

i it produces an adverse legal effect for the data subject, or ii it has a similarly significant adverse effect for the data subject.

2 When considering whether there is meaningful human involvement in the taking of a decision, a person must consider, among other things, the extent to which the decision is reached by means of profiling.