AI Act for Technology
Industry-specific guidance on AI Act compliance for technology organisations. Understand the requirements, risk level, and key obligations that apply to your sector.
Compliance Risk Level
This industry faces extensive regulatory obligations and heightened supervisory scrutiny.
About AI Act
The world's first comprehensive AI regulation, establishing a risk-based framework for the development, deployment, and use of artificial intelligence systems within the EU.
AI Act Impact on Technology
Technology companies face some of the most complex compliance obligations in the EU regulatory landscape. As both data processors and controllers — often handling vast volumes of personal data across multiple jurisdictions — tech firms must navigate GDPR's extraterritorial reach, NIS2's digital infrastructure requirements, the AI Act's obligations for AI system providers, and ePrivacy's electronic communications rules. SaaS providers, cloud platforms, social media companies, and ad-tech firms all face heightened scrutiny from EU regulators, particularly on issues of consent, data transfers, transparency, and algorithmic accountability.
Key AI Act Requirements for Technology
Key AI Act Articles for Technology
Prohibited AI practices
Bans social scoring, manipulative subliminal techniques, exploitation of vulnerabilities, real-time remote biometric identification in public spaces (with limited law enforcement exceptions), and workplace/education emotion recognition.
Classification rules for high-risk AI systems
Defines high-risk AI by reference to Annex III categories (biometrics, critical infrastructure, education, employment, essential services, law enforcement, migration, justice) and products regulated under EU harmonised legislation.
Requirements for high-risk AI systems
Mandates risk management, data governance, technical documentation, record-keeping, transparency, human oversight, accuracy, robustness, and cybersecurity for high-risk systems.
Transparency obligations
Requires providers to ensure AI systems interacting with persons disclose their AI nature. Deployers of deepfakes and AI-generated text on public interest matters must label content as AI-generated.
General-purpose AI models
GPAI providers must maintain technical documentation, comply with copyright law, and publish training data summaries. Systemic risk models (10^25+ FLOPs) face additional evaluation, testing, and reporting duties.
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Other Regulations Affecting Technology
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
The EU's landmark data protection law that governs how organisations collect, store, process, and transfer personal data of individuals in the European Economic Area.
Network and Information Security Directive (NIS2)
The updated EU cybersecurity directive that expands security requirements to a broader range of sectors and imposes stricter obligations on essential and important entities.
ePrivacy Directive (2002/58/EC)
The EU directive governing privacy in electronic communications, covering cookies, direct marketing, traffic data, and the confidentiality of communications — often called the "Cookie Law".