United Kingdom · Legislation

UK Automated Decision-Making Rules

The Act restructures UK data-protection rules for automated decisions, broadens some permitted uses and retains notice, challenge, human-intervention and special-category-data safeguards.

Current status
Royal Assent received; relevant provisions are commencing in stages
Published or updated
19 June 2025
Last verified
19 August 2026

Prepared by Longan Bay Area AI Legal Research Center based on official public materials.

01

Scope of application & addressees

  • Organisations using personal data for automated approval, scoring, recruitment or risk assessment in the United Kingdom
  • Controllers making decisions with legal or similarly significant effects
  • Teams designing, procuring or operating automated decision systems

02

Core regulatory mandates & key requirements

01A new statutory structure applies to significant automated decisions and treats special-category data separately.

02Individuals receive information and may make representations, challenge the outcome and request human intervention.

03Organisations should update privacy information, decision workflows, human review and evidence records.

03

Enforcement & compliance timeline

The Act received Royal Assent.

Relevant provisions commence through implementing regulations.

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