Legal research paper

Proportionality

A reconstruction of proportionality as a discipline of justified interference and rights-sensitive technological architecture across EU law, the GDPR and the AI Act.

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What the report examines

A reconstruction of proportionality as a discipline of justified interference and rights-sensitive technological architecture across EU law, the GDPR and the AI Act.

  • Proportionality as a family of justificatory disciplines rather than a single abstract balancing formula.
  • A judicial and regulatory method that identifies authority, aim, evidence, alternatives, safeguards and residual burden.
  • A rights-sensitive design protocol for GDPR, AI Act and wider technology-governance decisions.
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