Informed Consent (AI)
The legal and ethical requirement to inform individuals about how AI systems will process their data or make decisions affecting them and to obtain their voluntary, informed agreement.
In plain language
Telling people clearly that AI is being used to make decisions about them and getting their agreement. Like medical informed consent, people should know what they are agreeing to and what the AI will do.
Why this matters
Informed consent is a Privacy Act requirement and fundamental to AI governance. Your framework must define when and how individuals are informed about AI use in decisions affecting them and ensure consent mechanisms are clear, accessible and documented.
Relevance
GovernanceInformed consent is a Privacy Act obligation and essential governance control for ethical and legal AI deployment.
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