AI & Emerging Tech

AI Data Protection and Governance

Navigate AI data protection with practical guidance on personal data processing, privacy risks, governance, safeguards and responsible use of AI systems.

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Practical AI Data Protection

AI data protection requires organisations to consider how personal data is collected, used, shared and processed through AI systems. We help organisations understand the privacy implications of their AI use and establish practical controls appropriate to their activities. We first understand how AI is being used, what personal data is involved and how information enters, moves through and is processed by the system.

Our AI data protection approach identifies relevant privacy risks and helps establish appropriate governance, safeguards and accountability. This approach helps organisations consider privacy alongside technology and business decisions, rather than treating data protection as a separate review after implementation.

What's included

How we help with AI and data protection

Your data protection obligations are the same whether you build your own AI systems or use tools supplied by a third party. We help with:

✓Preparing an inventory of the AI your organisation uses
✓Clearly defining your organisation's role in each use of AI
✓Reviewing your Records of Processing Activities (ROPA) to capture AI-specific processing
✓Reviewing AI-assisted decisions to identify any that are solely automated
✓Updating your Privacy Notice and related policies so AI processing is covered and clearly explained

Whether you are evaluating a supplier's tool, scaling an in-house model or reviewing existing use, we translate complex requirements into practical, defensible compliance frameworks.

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AI and Data Protection Risk

AI and data protection considerations can arise during procurement, development, deployment and everyday use. We help assess relevant processing, identify privacy risks and consider safeguards, accountability and transparency as part of a proportionate approach.

Our AI and data protection support can include AI use reviews, privacy risk assessments, AI policies, DPIAs, governance arrangements, procurement considerations, data protection by design and staff guidance. We can also consider relevant GDPR AI considerations where AI systems process personal data.

GDPR and AI Governance

GDPR AI governance should connect data protection principles with practical decision-making. We support policies, assessments, governance arrangements and data protection by design, helping organisations establish clearer accountability as AI is introduced or expanded.

Managing Privacy Risks in AI Systems

Our AI data protection support is suitable for organisations using, procuring or developing AI systems where personal data is involved and privacy risks need to be understood and managed.

Embedding Data Protection into AI Governance

We take a practical approach to AI and data protection rather than focusing only on high-level principles. We help organisations understand how their specific AI use affects personal data and what governance and safeguards may be appropriate.

AI Data Protection FAQs

What is AI data protection?–

AI data protection considers how privacy and data protection obligations apply when personal data is used by or in connection with AI systems.

AI and data protection should be considered throughout procurement, development, deployment and use, particularly where personal data is processed.

GDPR and AI considerations depend on the processing involved, including the nature of the data, purposes, transparency, safeguards and responsibilities.

Why Pathway 2 Privacy

Why organisations choose us

Senior expertise

You work directly with an experienced data protection consultant, not a junior team. The person who scopes your project is the person who delivers it.

Clear communication

We explain what the law requires, what it means for you and what to do next, in plain English.

Practical, proportionate advice

We focus on what matters for your organisation: risk-based recommendations and documents your team will actually use.

Tailored to your organisation

We shape our work around your size, sector, systems and appetite for risk.

No charge · no obligation

Not sure this is the right place to start?

The free review tells you where you stand across the whole organisation, and what's worth doing first. It's the same starting point for every engagement we run.