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Profiling always blocks the exception, even when a condition would otherwise fit

As soon as the system profiles, the Article 6(3) exemption is ruled out. The draft guidelines give three cumulative elements against which you test this.

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Identifier: praxikon:eu:ai-act:guidance:guidance-high-risk-profiling-blocks-filter
Payload hash (sha256): de66ad718cdb5bc2e7ffd33ce48de1951647c3988431407e26b500ef41a92521

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Praxikon, "Profiling always blocks the exception, even when a condition would otherwise fit", praxikon:eu:ai-act:guidance:guidance-high-risk-profiling-blocks-filter@1.0.0, dataset praxikon:sys:registry:dataset:ai-act-implementation-graph 2.1.0 (schema 1.4.0), effective_at 2026-08-08T00:00:00.000Z, known_at 2026-08-14T00:00:00.000Z, sha256 de66ad718cdb5bc2e7ffd33ce48de1951647c3988431407e26b500ef41a92521

Version: 1.0.0
Legal time (effective_at): 8 August 2026
Knowledge time (known_at): 8 August 2026
Closed on: Not closed
Topics: guidance

Review status: Placed against the official source (8 August 2026). Next check due by 4 February 2027. The check date is the knowledge date of this version; no later recheck has been recorded.

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- Draft guidelines on the classification of high-risk AI systems
  Locator: Section IV.2.7.1 paragraph 89 and section IV.2.7.2, paragraphs 109 to 112
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:commission-draft-high-risk-classification-guidelines
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- ObligationAnnex III: high-risk AI
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:obligation:annex-iii-high-risk

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- Draft guidelines on the classification of high-risk AI systems
  Locator: Section IV.2.7.1 paragraph 89 and section IV.2.7.2, paragraphs 109 to 112
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:commission-draft-high-risk-classification-guidelines
  Open official source
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- ActorDeployer
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:actor:deployer
- ActorProvider of an AI system
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:actor:provider

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The draft guidelines of 19 May 2026, which are a non-binding draft document, explain in paragraphs 89 and 109 to 112 that a system listed in Annex III always remains high-risk where it performs profiling within the meaning of Article 4(4) GDPR, Article 3(4) of Directive (EU) 2016/680 or Article 3(5) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1725. Under the draft, profiling consists of three cumulative elements: automated processing, carried out on personal data, with the objective of evaluating personal aspects relating to a natural person. The draft states the first element is always satisfied for AI systems, so the provider must mainly establish whether personal data form the input and whether personal aspects are being evaluated. The draft adds that a simple classification on characteristics such as age, sex or height does not automatically amount to profiling, because a form of prediction, assessment or inference must be present.
- Locator: Section IV.2.7.1 paragraph 89 and section IV.2.7.2, paragraphs 109 to 112praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:commission-draft-high-risk-classification-guidelinesOpen official source

Our interpretation

Our own reading. It can change without the law changing, and it is not the position of a supervisory authority.

The profiling bar is the sharpest brake on the filter mechanism. Many systems that at first sight perform a tidy preparatory or procedural task still fail here because along the way they predict or judge something about a person. Note that this may be a person other than the subject of the decision, for example the assessor themselves.
- Locator: Section IV.2.7.1 paragraph 89 and section IV.2.7.2, paragraphs 109 to 112praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:commission-draft-high-risk-classification-guidelinesOpen official source

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State explicitly in your file which data the system ingests, whether those are personal data, and whether a prediction, score or inference about a person arises anywhere. Consider anonymisation or aggregation at source if you want to preserve the exception.
- Locator: Section IV.2.7.1 paragraph 89 and section IV.2.7.2, paragraphs 109 to 112praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:commission-draft-high-risk-classification-guidelinesOpen official source

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Praxikon, "Profiling always blocks the exception, even when a condition would otherwise fit",
praxikon:eu:ai-act:guidance:guidance-high-risk-profiling-blocks-filter@1.0.0,
dataset praxikon:sys:registry:dataset:ai-act-implementation-graph 2.1.0 (schema 1.4.0),
effective_at 2026-08-08T00:00:00.000Z, known_at 2026-08-08T00:00:00.000Z,
sha256 de66ad718cdb5bc2e7ffd33ce48de1951647c3988431407e26b500ef41a92521,
https://www.praxikon.com/en/verkenner/guidance/guidance-high-risk-profiling-blocks-filter
(https://www.praxikon.com/api/v1/entities?id=praxikon%3Aeu%3Aai-act%3Aguidance%3Aguidance-high-risk-profiling-blocks-filter&effective_at=2026-08-08&known_at=2026-08-08&lang=en, accessed 2026-08-25)

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praxikon:eu:ai-act:guidance:guidance-high-risk-profiling-blocks-filter@1.0.0 (sha256 de66ad71)

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@misc{praxikon-eu-ai-act-guidance-guidance-high-risk-profiling-blocks-filter-1-0-0,
  author       = {{Praxikon}},
  title        = {Profiling always blocks the exception, even when a condition would otherwise fit},
  year         = {2026},
  version      = {1.0.0},
  number       = {praxikon:eu:ai-act:guidance:guidance-high-risk-profiling-blocks-filter},
  howpublished = {AI Act Change \& Evidence Graph, dataset 2.1.0, schema 1.4.0},
  note         = {effective_at 2026-08-08T00:00:00.000Z; known_at 2026-08-08T00:00:00.000Z; sha256 de66ad718cdb5bc2e7ffd33ce48de1951647c3988431407e26b500ef41a92521},
  url          = {https://www.praxikon.com/en/verkenner/guidance/guidance-high-risk-profiling-blocks-filter},
  urldate      = {2026-08-25},
  language     = {en}
}

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