Respect the right to object to automated decision-making without human intervention

Practical action

Provide a human-review route for significant automated decisions affecting UAE residents.

Who does it apply to?

Controllers making solely automated decisions with significant effects.

Actors

Deployer / user organisation

Sectors

Cross-sector / all sectors

Use cases

AI in hiring and employmentAI in finance, credit and insurance

Which controls meet this duty?

Satisfies: the control, operated properly, does the work the duty asks for. Supports: it contributes but the duty needs more. Each control page lists every other duty it serves, so work done once can be counted once.

• satisfiesProcessCustomer operations lead · once per ai system
  Decision explanation, human review and appeal route

  Serves 12 recorded duties · evidence: Adverse-decision explanation template, AI decision challenge and human review procedure, Challenge and reversal log

  Provides the human-review route for solely automated decisions.

• supportsProcessAI system owner · once per ai system
  Human oversight design and override procedure

  Serves 12 recorded duties · evidence: Human oversight and override procedure, Human-involvement design rationale, Overseer training completion

  Design of the human intervention step.

Templates that cover this duty

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• Human Oversight Procedure

  Procedure · DOCX and XLSX · v5

• AI Agent Registry and Permission Matrix

  Register · XLSX and DOCX · v6

• NIST AI RMF ↔ EU AI Act ↔ ISO/IEC 42001 Crosswalk

  Crosswalk · XLSX · v3

• AI Audit Evidence Tracker

  Register · XLSX · v1

All 7 templates that cover it →

What evidence would a reviewer expect?

Framework mappings

Original editorial crosswalks. They cite clause numbers only and reproduce no standard text; confidence reflects how direct the mapping is.

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Frequently asked questions

Cite this record

AIPolicyTracker (2026). “Respect the right to object to automated decision-making without human intervention (UAE PDPL)” [AIPT-OBL-0070, not yet verified]. https://aipolicytracker.org/id/AIPT-OBL-0070 (accessed 27 October 2026). Data licensed CC BY 4.0.

Permanent id AIPT-OBL-0070: it never changes or gets reused, and its address keeps working if this page moves.

Cite the official text alongside it: Federal Decree-Law No. 45 of 2021 on the Protection of Personal Data, UAE Government portal (u.ae), https://u.ae/en/about-the-uae/digital-uae/data/data-protection.

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Change history

Similar obligations in other instruments

• Employers and employment agencies must let candidates request an alternative selection process or accommodation — NYC Local Law 144 (automated employment decision tools), New York (United States)
• Enable and assign effective human oversight — EU AI Act, European Union
• Offer meaningful human review of an adverse consequential decision — Colorado ADMT law (SB 26-189), Colorado (United States)
• Operators of high-impact AI must ensure human management and supervision — AI Basic Act, South Korea
• Apply safeguards to solely automated decisions with significant effects — ICO AI guidance, United Kingdom
• Provide routes to contest AI outcomes and seek redress — UK AI regulation framework, United Kingdom (voluntary)
• Test and monitor systems, enable human control, and be transparent with users (guardrails 4 to 6) — Australian Voluntary AI Safety Standard, Australia (voluntary)
• Determine the appropriate level of human involvement in AI decisions — Singapore Model AI Governance Framework, Singapore (voluntary)