GDPR and AI: What Companies Must Consider Now
- John Doe
- April 20, 2026
Table of Contents
With the EU AI Act, Europe enters a new phase of AI regulation. Companies using AI systems must now address transparency obligations, risk assessments and data protection requirements.
The Three Key Obligations
1. Documentation requirement: Which data flows into which model? Who has access? How long is data stored? These questions must be answerable without gaps.
2. Risk classification: The AI Act distinguishes high-risk from low-risk systems. AI in HR, credit decisions or medical contexts usually falls under high-risk — with correspondingly stricter requirements.
3. Data Protection Impact Assessment: When processing personal data through AI, a DPIA is often mandatory.
Why Local AI Helps
When the model runs on your own infrastructure, many of these questions are structurally easier to answer: data doesn’t leave the organisation, accesses are fully loggable, and the system is completely auditable.
SoverIQ is designed from the ground up so that compliance is not an afterthought — it’s built into the architecture.