AI Compliance Obligations Explained
Short guides tied to the same obligations we tag on every regulation page. Each link lists the statutes that mention it in our database.
Last reviewed April 8, 2026.
Transparency notice
A transparency notice tells people that AI plays a role in a decision that affects them. It usually covers what the system does, what catego…
24 regulations
Opt-out mechanism
An opt-out mechanism lets a person decline purely automated processing and still receive service where the law requires it. Privacy style AD…
20 regulations
Profiling disclosure
Profiling disclosure explains that you use automated means to evaluate people and what the consequences are. It often works together with op…
20 regulations
Record-keeping
Record-keeping obligations require you to retain evidence that you complied with AI rules: assessments, notices, audit outputs, and change l…
17 regulations
Disclosure
General AI disclosures cover content provenance, bot identity, or model limits depending on the statute. They overlap with transparency noti…
11 regulations
Impact assessment
An AI impact assessment is a structured review of how an automated system affects people. It records what data the system uses, what decisio…
11 regulations
Consent
Consent requirements mean you must obtain clear permission before certain AI processing, often video interviews or biometric analysis. Silen…
9 regulations
Risk management
AI risk management is an ongoing program that identifies, ranks, and treats risks from AI systems. It borrows from privacy and security prog…
6 regulations
Consumer notification
Consumer notification is an affirmative message when AI materially affects someone, beyond a static notice on a website. Some AI transparenc…
6 regulations
Bias testing
Bias testing is the technical work that measures whether outcomes differ across demographic or other sensitive slices. It can support a form…
5 regulations
Data retention
Data retention rules cap how long interview recordings, model inputs, or candidate artifacts may live in storage. They reduce harm if data l…
4 regulations
Data access rights
Data access rights let individuals obtain the personal data you use in automated decisions and sometimes get a plain recap of the logic. The…
4 regulations
Human review
Human review is the right of a person affected by automation to have a real person reconsider the outcome. Many privacy laws pair this with …
3 regulations
Human oversight
Human oversight means a qualified person can monitor, intervene, or stop an AI system when risk spikes. It is broader than a single appeal r…
2 regulations
Bias audit
A bias audit is an independent review focused on whether an automated employment tool disadvantages people in protected groups. New York Cit…
1 regulation
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