GDPR Art. 22 compliance for HR Tech & Recruiting

What applies

Articles + provisions of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 — GDPR, Article 22 (automated decisions) most directly engaged by HR Tech & Recruiting deployments:

• Art. 22
• Recital 71
• WP251

What this looks like in HR Tech & Recruiting

Hiring + termination decisions produce legal effects. Art. 22 squarely applies. Rubber-stamp human review doesn't satisfy 'meaningful intervention' (EDPB WP251 + Recital 71).

Flagship exampleReject-by-AI complaint: chain shows the override rate across similar decisions. Material override = meaningful intervention defence.

Where Promethean's evidence layer fits

The substrate emits specific evidence kinds that map to GDPR Art. 22 obligations. Most directly relevant for HR Tech & Recruiting:

• reviewer-gate-log

• l12-receipt-chain

For the full sector view including LLM-feature catalogue, tier recommendation, and reviewer-gate examples, see the HR Tech & Recruiting sector page.