Scope of GDPR curbs on automated credit scoring set for EU top court review
By Charlotte Westphal ( November 24, 2025, 16:08 GMT | Insight) -- The scope of curbs on automated decision making under the EU's GDPR is to be assessed by the bloc’s top judges in a case that could affect automated credit checks and online payment options. It stems from a dispute in Austria between a consumer group and an online retailer in relation to the use of automated credit risk scoring.How far EU privacy rules around automated decision making extend to online retailers using automated risk scoring is to come up for debate by the bloc's highest court after a request for clarification (see here)....
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