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title: "The AEPD warns companies using AI in recruitment processes: \"Human intervention must be genuine\" — Marsanne Studio AI watch"
description: "The Spanish data protection authority warns companies about the use of AI in recruitment."
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Regulation · 24 September 2026

# The AEPD warns companies using AI in recruitment processes: "Human intervention must be genuine"

**Publication**

elEconomista (Spain)

**Author**

Unsigned

**Published on**

24 September 2026 · read in the publisher's feed

## Summary

The Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD) is warning companies that use artificial intelligence in their staff selection processes. According to the authority, human intervention in these processes must be genuine and not merely formal.

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

[Read the article on elEconomista →](https://www.eleconomista.es/tecnologia/noticias/14016389/09/26/la-aepd-avisa-a-las-empresas-que-usan-la-ia-en-procesos-de-seleccion-la-intervencion-humana-tiene-que-ser-real.html)

## Classification

**Country**

Spain

**Company size**

All sizes

**Industries**

All industries, or industry not specified

**Companies**

AEPD (cited)

**Keywords**

recruitment, data protection, aepd, artificial intelligence, human resources

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.