{"slug":"eu-ai-act-art-26-11-notice-to-affected-persons","id":"AIPT-OBL-0038","permanent_url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/id/AIPT-OBL-0038","title":"Deployers must tell natural persons that a high-risk AI system is used in decisions about them","short_title":"Informing affected persons","category":"transparency","summary":"Deployers of Annex III high-risk AI systems that take decisions about natural persons, or help take them, must inform those persons that they are subject to the system. The notice is separate from any explanation owed under Article 86 and from the worker notice in Article 26(7). In law-enforcement contexts the duty follows the information rules of the Law Enforcement Directive.\n","practical_action":"Add a plain-language AI-use notice to application forms, decision letters or account terms for each affected decision process.\n","is_binding":true,"applies_from":"2027-12-02","section":"Articles 16–27","source_reference":"Article 26(11)","official_source_url":"https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1689/oj","review_status":"verified","confidence_level":"high","last_verified_at":"2026-09-26","reviewed_by":null,"actors":["deployer","public_authority"],"sectors":["cross_sector","employment","financial_services","education","public_services"],"use_cases":["hiring_and_hr","finance_and_credit","education","public_services"],"applicability":[{"description":"Deployers using Annex III systems for decisions about individuals, for example in recruitment, credit, education admissions or public benefits.","actors":["deployer","public_authority"],"conditions":null}],"evidence_examples":[{"title":"Affected-person notice template and placement record","description":null,"artifact_type":"document"}],"framework_mappings":[{"framework":"iso_42001","framework_name":"ISO/IEC 42001:2023","reference":"Annex A.8.5","note":"Information for interested parties.","confidence_level":"medium","is_original":true},{"framework":"nist_ai_rmf","framework_name":"NIST AI RMF 1.0","reference":"GOVERN 5.1, MANAGE 4.1","note":"Communication with affected individuals.","confidence_level":"medium","is_original":true}],"controls":[{"slug":"ai-interaction-and-use-disclosure","title":"AI interaction and use disclosure notices","kind":"process","relationship":"satisfies","note":"Notice to decision subjects at the point of the decision process.","confidence_level":"high","url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/controls/ai-interaction-and-use-disclosure"},{"slug":"decision-explanation-and-appeal-route","title":"Decision explanation, human review and appeal route","kind":"process","relationship":"supports","note":"Notice links to the Article 86 explanation route.","confidence_level":"medium","url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/controls/decision-explanation-and-appeal-route"}],"url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/obligations/eu-ai-act-art-26-11-notice-to-affected-persons","policy":{"slug":"eu-ai-act","title":"Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 — Artificial Intelligence Act","status":"partially_applicable","jurisdiction":"eu","url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/eu-ai-act"}}