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Filings, personal data and artificial intelligence.
A few pieces, written when we have something to say: what actually leaves an office when a filing ends up in a chat window, where hand work goes wrong, and which words to use when somebody asks what happened to the data.
Accountants
If the firm uses AI, it has to appear somewhere
Record of processing, impact assessment, processor appointment: the paperwork that using artificial intelligence sets off.
Accountants
A tax return pasted into a chat identifies more than one person
Dependants, medical deductions, charitable giving: a tax return describes the life of the person signing it and of the people around them.
Accountants
A payslip carries data the GDPR treats separately
Sickness, union deductions, salary assignments: a payslip is not an ordinary document, and under Article 9 you start from a prohibition.
Accountants
The values that verify themselves, and the ones that get guessed
Tax codes, VAT numbers and IBANs carry a check character that can be computed. Company names and addresses do not, and the difference matters.
Accountants
A client’s accounts in a chat: what the firm is risking
Removing the company name does not remove the identification, and a payslip carries special categories. Who answers, for how much, and what can be done.
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