Recital 10 | AI Act
Recital 10 | AI Act Service Desk
Recital 10 of the AI Act clarifies that the regulation does not affect existing EU data protection laws, including Regulations (EU) 2016/679 and (EU) 2018/1725, Directive (EU) 2016/680, and Directive 2002/58/EC. It ensures that data subjects retain all their rights, guarantees, and protections—such as those related to automated decision-making and profiling—when AI systems process personal data. Furthermore, the AI Act's harmonised rules are designed to facilitate the effective implementation and exercise of these existing data protection rights and remedies.
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Who issued it
Who it governs
Regulators, legal professionals, AI developers, and AI deployers who need to understand how the AI Act interacts with existing EU data protection laws.
What the document contains
The relationship between the AI Act and existing EU data protection frameworks, ensuring that data protection rights and obligations remain fully applicable and unimpeded when AI systems process personal data.
Specific operational compliance steps, technical definitions of AI, or enforcement mechanisms outside of referencing existing data protection authorities.
- The AI Act does not affect the application of existing Union law governing the processing of personal data.
- Providers and deployers must still comply with their existing data controllers' or processors' obligations under data protection law.
- Data subjects maintain all of their rights and guarantees under EU data protection law, including protections against solely automated individual decision-making and profiling.
- The regulation's harmonised rules facilitate the exercise of data subjects' rights and remedies guaranteed under EU data protection law.
How it scores
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Accountability
0/5Clear responsibility for AI outcomes
screening score · 2026-10-23
Fairness
0/5Non-discrimination and equitable treatment
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Human Dignity
0/5Respect for the inherent worth of persons
screening score · 2026-10-23
Human Oversight
2/5Humans remain in control of consequential decisions
rights related to solely automated individual decision-making, including profiling
Recital 10
screening score · 2026-10-23
Privacy
4/5Protection of personal data and private life
The fundamental right to the protection of personal data is safeguarded in particular by Regulations (EU) 2016/679
Recital 10
screening score · 2026-10-23
Transparency
0/5Openness about how AI systems work and are used
screening score · 2026-10-23
Enforcement
0/5Consequences and compliance mechanisms with real force
screening score · 2026-10-23
Impact Assessment
0/5Required assessment of an AI system's risks/impacts before or during use
screening score · 2026-10-23