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What is Profiling Under GDPR?

Profiling under the GDPR is any form of automated processing of personal data that evaluates personal aspects of a natural person, such as analyzing or predicting behavior, preferences, interests, or movements.

Profiling, as defined in Article 4(4) of the GDPR, is any form of automated processing of personal data consisting of the use of personal data to evaluate certain personal aspects relating to a natural person, in particular to analyze or predict aspects concerning that natural person's performance at work, economic situation, health, personal preferences, interests, reliability, behavior, location, or movements.

Profiling can occur as part of an automated decision-making process or as a separate activity. When profiling is used for automated decision-making that produces legal or similarly significant effects, Article 22 restrictions apply. Organizations must conduct a DPIA before engaging in systematic and extensive profiling with significant effects. Data subjects have the right to object to profiling based on legitimate interests or public interest, and to not be subject to decisions based solely on profiling that produce legal effects.

ComplyIQ helps organizations identify and document profiling activities, conduct required DPIAs, and ensure that appropriate transparency measures are in place. Organizations using profiling must inform data subjects about the existence of profiling, the logic involved, and the potential consequences through their privacy notices.

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