EU AI Act for Data Protection Officers — Scanara
How DPOs can manage the intersection of GDPR and EU AI Act obligations. DPIA/FRIA overlap, Article 27 obligations, and cross-functional compliance workflows.
Managing the GDPR and EU AI Act overlap
GDPR Article 35 + EU AI Act Article 27 duplication
AI systems that process personal data often trigger both a GDPR DPIA (Article 35) and an EU AI Act FRIA (Article 27). Without integrated tooling, DPOs run two separate assessment processes on the same system, duplicating effort.
Keeping the board informed across two frameworks
Board reporting on AI compliance now spans two major regulatory frameworks. Without a unified dashboard, DPOs produce separate reports for GDPR and EU AI Act — doubling reporting overhead.
AI systems change faster than DPIAs are reviewed
GDPR requires DPIAs to be reviewed when processing changes significantly. AI systems change continuously — model updates, new data sources, expanded use cases. Manual tracking is unreliable.
How Scanara helps DPOs
Combined DPIA + FRIA workflow
Scanara's assessment workflow handles both GDPR Article 35 and EU AI Act Article 27 in a single session. Shared elements are completed once; the output produces two separate regulator-formatted documents.
GDPR Article 35 overlap detection
When scanning code, Scanara flags patterns that trigger GDPR Article 35 — biometric data processing, special category data, systematic monitoring — alongside EU AI Act classification, so DPOs get early warning.
Change detection for DPIA reviews
Scanara tracks code changes and alerts DPOs when an AI system's data processing scope, model architecture, or risk controls have changed significantly — triggering a DPIA review prompt.
Unified compliance dashboard
A single view of all AI systems' GDPR and EU AI Act compliance status. Export a board summary PDF at any time. No more assembling reports from multiple systems.
The cost of getting it wrong
€20M
Maximum GDPR fine: €20 million or 4% of global annual turnover. An AI system that breaches both GDPR and the EU AI Act faces concurrent enforcement from two regulatory regimes.
€15M
Maximum EU AI Act fine for high-risk AI violations: €15 million or 3% of global annual turnover. Separate from and cumulative with GDPR enforcement.
Frequently asked questions
Simplify your GDPR + EU AI Act compliance
See how Scanara's combined DPIA/FRIA workflow eliminates duplicate assessment work for DPOs.
See demoHow Scanara Helps
Scanara automates EU AI Act compliance from code to dossier. Connect your GitHub repos and get compliance reports in minutes.