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title: "Data protection authority focuses on recruitment algorithms and issues first warning to companies on AI — Marsanne Studio AI watch"
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Regulation · 30 September 2026

# Data protection authority focuses on recruitment algorithms and issues first warning to companies on AI

**Publication**

elEconomista (Spain)

**Author**

Unsigned

**Published on**

30 September 2026 · read in the publisher's feed

## Summary

The Spanish Data Protection Agency is looking at the algorithms used for staff selection. It is issuing a first warning to companies regarding the use of artificial intelligence in this area.

Summary based on the article's title and standfirst, as the text is not accessible.

[Read the article on elEconomista →](https://www.eleconomista.es/legal/noticias/14017250/09/26/proteccion-de-datos-pone-el-foco-en-los-algoritmos-de-seleccion-de-personal-y-lanza-la-primera-advertencia-a-las-empresas-sobre-ia.html)

## Classification

**Country**

Spain

**Company size**

All sizes

**Industries**

All industries, or industry not specified

**Keywords**

data protection, recruitment, algorithms, human resources, ai regulation

Entry written by Marsanne Studio from the cited article, with the help of an AI model (claude-sonnet-5). The rights to the article and its illustrations belong to elEconomista. Entry translated from French by Claude Sonnet 5.5.