The AI Legal Risk Spotting Checklist

Checklist

A checklist for spotting the legal risks around an AI system that sit outside data protection: intellectual property, discrimination, consumer protection and liability.

01

Intellectual property and data

  • Has training data provenance and licensing been checked?
  • Could outputs infringe copyright or trade secrets?
  • Are database rights relevant to the data used?
02

Discrimination and fairness

  • Could the system disadvantage a protected group?
  • Has non-discrimination and equality law been considered, not only privacy law?
  • Is there a credit, lending, housing, employment or insurance angle?
03

Consumer protection and liability

  • Could the system's outputs be read as a claim or advice?
  • Is there a product liability or professional negligence angle?
  • Are sector-specific or procurement rules relevant here?

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