Suspend the prohibited inference and redesign: What should the employer do?
A user notice cannot legalize an assumed prohibited practice; the inference must stop or be redesigned.
The question
An employer in the European Union proposes an internal employee-assistance tool that performs an inference the EU AI Act Article 5 prohibits, and assume that prohibition applies. The vendor offers employee notices and acknowledgments. What should the employer do?
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- Limit the tool to managers and retain the same inference.Changing the user group does not cure the assumed prohibited practice or establish that an exception applies.
- Suspend the prohibited inference and redesign the assistance service. ✓Stopping the prohibited practice addresses the decisive requirement; transparency cannot legalize conduct barred by the applicable EU AI Act provision.
- Proceed after collecting employee acknowledgments.Employee acknowledgment does not make a practice permissible when the assumed EU AI Act prohibition applies.
- Document the inference and classify the tool as high-risk.Documentation and high-risk controls may be relevant elsewhere, but they do not authorize the assumed prohibited use.
The trap
First test whether the practice is prohibited; only then assess notices, controls, or risk classification. How to remember it
A user notice cannot legalize an assumed prohibited practice; the inference must stop or be redesigned.
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