Special-Category Data Safeguards

Apply enhanced necessity, privacy, security, access, retention and documentation controls when special-category data is used for qualifying bias activities.

Use privacy and legal review before relying on the Article 4a bias-detection or correction route. Document strict necessity and why other data cannot achieve the purpose. Restrict reuse and access, apply suitable security and privacy-preserving measures, and enforce the applicable restrictions on disclosure. Record the processing rationale and delete the data when the applicable deletion trigger is reached. For an Article 59 sandbox, use this control only for the relevant privacy and segregation safeguards; assess the sandbox's separate conditions through the AI Regulatory Sandbox Personal-Data Governance control. Neither route gives general permission to collect sensitive data.

Before each qualifying processing activity; continuous safeguards; on purpose, access or data changes; deletion at the applicable trigger.

Necessity and processing assessment Approved access list, confidentiality arrangements and access records Segregation, reuse and security configuration evidence Processing records and deletion triggers Deletion confirmations and exception investigations

Sample one approved activity. Check its legal route, necessity record, actual permissions and deletion trigger. Confirm that unauthorized reuse or sharing is restricted and that the decision is not based on consent or an internal approval alone.