Berlin DPA fines bank over automated decision-making

The Berlin Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information fined an unnamed bank 300,000 euros for violating transparency obligations under the EU General Data Protection Regulation in an automated decision rejecting a credit card application. "When companies make automated decisions, they are obliged to justify them in a valid and comprehensible manner," Commissioner Meike Kamp said. "Those affected must be able to understand the automated decision."

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