(d) to safeguard national security;
(e) to protect the rights and freedoms of others.
(5) When considering whether there is meaningful human involvement in the reconsideration of a decision, a person must consider, among other things, the extent to which the conclusion reached on reconsideration is reached by means of profiling.
50D Further provision about automated decision-making
(1) The Secretary of State may by regulations provide that, for the purposes of sections 50A(1)(a) and 50C(3)(c), there is, or is not, to be taken to be meaningful human involvement in the taking or reconsideration of a decision in cases described in the regulations.
(2) The Secretary of State may by regulations provide that, for the purposes of section 50A(1)(b)(ii), a description of decision is, or is not, to be taken to have a similarly significant adverse effect for the data subject.
(3) Regulations under subsection (1) or (2) may amend section 50A.
(4) The Secretary of State may by regulations make the following types of provision about the safeguards required under section 50C(1)—
(a) provision requiring the safeguards to include measures in addition to those described in section 50C(2),
(b) provision imposing requirements which supplement what section 50C(2) requires the safeguards to consist of or include (including, for example, provision about how and when things described in section 50C(2) must be done or be capable of being done), and
(c) provision about measures which are not to be taken to satisfy one or more of paragraphs (a) to (d) of section 50C(2).
(5) Regulations under this section are subject to the affirmative resolution procedure. ”
(4) In section 96 (intelligence services processing: right not to be subject to automated decision-making)—
(a) in subsection (1), for “solely on” substitute “on entirely” ,
(b) in subsection (3), after “section” insert “and section 97” , and
(c) at the end insert—
“ (4) For the purposes of this section and section 97, a decision is based on entirely automated processing if the decision-making process does not include an opportunity for a human being to accept, reject or influence the decision. ”
(5) In section 97 (intelligence services processing: right to intervene in automated decision-making)—
(a) in subsection (1)(a), for “solely on” substitute “on entirely” ,
(b) in subsection (4)(b), for “solely on” substitute “on entirely” , and
(c) omit subsection (6).
(6) Schedule 6 to this Act contains minor and consequential amendments.
I144 S. 80 in force at Royal Assent for specified purposes, see s. 142(1)(2) (h)
I145 S. 80 in force at 5.2.2026 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2026/82 , reg. 2(j) (with reg. 5 )