One regime. Eight very different ways of falling foul of it.
Automated decision-making law doesn't care what sector you're in — only whether a decision is solely automated and has a legal or similarly significant effect. Here's what that looks like in the sectors where it bites hardest.
Recruitment, Staffing & HR Technology
CV screening and video-scoring tools may already be making legal decisions about candidates.
Consumer Credit, Lending & Mortgage Broking
Automated lending decisions carry some of the clearest legal effects in UK data protection law.
Insurance
Fair pricing now has to be provable, not just asserted.
Housing, Tenant Referencing & PropTech
Automated referencing decisions affect access to a home — the law treats that seriously.
HealthTech & Digital Health
Patient-facing AI triage sits at the highest end of ADM risk.
Education & EdTech
The ICO already found widespread failings in how EdTech handles children's data.
Public Sector & Outsourced Services
Automated eligibility and fraud decisions face the highest public-law scrutiny of any sector.
Employee Monitoring & Workforce Management
Automated scheduling and scoring are ADM risks hiding inside ordinary HR tools.