๐“๐ซ๐š๐๐ž ๐’๐ž๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐ญ๐ฌ & ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ฒ ๐ซ๐ž ๐€๐ฎ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ƒ๐ž๐œ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐†๐ƒ๐๐‘

When automated decision-making (including profiling) impact individuals, they have the right to ๐ฆ๐ž๐š๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง about the logic involved (Art. 22 GDPR). This means ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐ง๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ข๐ง ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐๐š๐ญ๐š ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐š ๐œ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐ซ, ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ญ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐š๐œ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ. Simply sharing a complex algorithm or technical details is not enough!

๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐๐ž ๐ฌ๐ž๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐ญ๐ฌ? They donโ€™t automatically override transparency rights. A national law that generally restricts access to trade secrets wouldnโ€™t comply with EU law.

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐„๐‚๐‰โ€™๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง? If a company believes disclosure affects third-party data or trade secrets, the company may disclose the information only to the court/authority, who then decides whether a trade secret is at hand or not (ECJ 27.2.2025, C-203/22). Hence, authorities or courts must ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐›๐š๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ž ๐›๐ฒ ๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ž.