Exam results: no automated decision, no transparency, no right of access and perhaps no adequacy
18 August 2020
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The current A level results debacle has raised two data protection questions. Namely whether the right not to be subject to automated decision (A.22 of GDPR) applies and whether the exemption for exam results (Schedule 2 paragraph 25 of the DPA2018) is fit for purpose? The answer to both questions, in my view, is “NO”. Despite yesterday’s Government U-turn, this blog shows that the two questions above are inter-related; for example, transparency of the processing of personal data associated with respect to
