Compliance
Compliance process
Last updated: October 2026
How to introduce AI interviews with Mirage in line with the GDPR, the BDSG, the Works Constitution Act and the EU AI Act. Each step shows what your company does and what Mirage contributes. This overview is not legal advice.
1. Contract and data processing agreement
Mirage processes your applicants' data on your behalf. The basis is the data processing agreement under Art. 28 GDPR.
Your company
- Create a business account and conclude the AVV
- Review the technical and organisational measures and the sub-processors
- Add the processing to your record of processing activities
Mirage
- AVV with Annex 1 (measures) and Annex 2 (sub-processors)
- A signed copy on request
- Notice of any change to sub-processors 30 days in advance
2. Legal basis and privacy notice
Applicants must know that an AI-assisted interview is part of your selection process before their data is processed.
Your company
- Determine the legal basis; for the application process, Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR is usually relevant, and for the AI-assisted step, depending on its design, also point (f) with a documented balancing of interests
- Extend your privacy notice for applicants: purpose of the AI interview, types of data, Mirage as processor, third-country transfers, retention period and the fact that a person decides
- Agree the steps with your data protection officer
Mirage
- A description of the processing and data flows as the basis for your notice
- The list of sub-processors, including AI model providers
3. Data protection impact assessment
AI-assisted evaluation of applicants usually meets the criteria that require a data protection impact assessment under Art. 35 GDPR, such as the systematic evaluation of personal aspects using new technologies.
Your company
- Check whether an impact assessment is required and carry it out before the first interview
- Document risks and mitigating measures
Mirage
- A description of the AI system: purpose, how it works, human oversight and limitations
- Technical and organisational measures (Annex 1 to the AVV)
- Answers to your questions about the processing
4. Works council
In Germany, technical systems that can evaluate behaviour or performance are usually subject to co-determination. Involve the works council early.
Your company
- Check co-determination rights, in particular § 87(1) no. 6 BetrVG and, for personnel questionnaires and selection guidelines, §§ 94 and 95 BetrVG, including where they are created with AI (§ 95(2a) BetrVG)
- Inform the works council about the planned use of AI (§ 90(1) no. 3 BetrVG); it may call in an expert to assess it (§ 80(3) BetrVG)
- With Mirage Office, co-determination applies in particular to feedback, pulse surveys and performance reviews
- Conclude a works agreement where needed
Mirage
- Information for the works council: how Mirage works, types of data, access rights and analyses
- The assurance that Mirage does not recognise emotions and never moves an application on its own
5. EU AI Act: obligations as a deployer
AI that evaluates applicants is a high-risk system under Annex III of the AI Act, and your company is its deployer. The AI literacy obligation has applied since 2 February 2025; deployer obligations for high-risk systems apply, as things stand, from 2 December 2027.
Your company
- Take measures so that the people who work with Mirage have sufficient AI literacy (Art. 4)
- Use Mirage in line with our instructions and assign human oversight to trained people (Art. 26)
- Inform employee representatives and affected employees before use in the workplace, and inform applicants about the use (Art. 26)
Mirage
- A notice for applicants before every interview: that they are speaking with an AI, what is recorded and how the result is used
- Scores backed by quotes, an override and reports labelled as AI-assisted assessments
- A decision journal that keeps decisions traceable
- Mirage is the provider of the AI system; we are preparing the conformity assessment for high-risk systems, and our compliance page shows the current status
6. Run the interviews
Applicants receive an invitation and confirm a versioned notice before starting. No interview starts without that confirmation.
Your company
- Point applicants to the AI interview and your privacy notice in the invitation
- Offer a conversation without AI on request; we expressly recommend this
Mirage
- Invitation, the notice before the start and the structured interview in German or English
- A report with scores from 0 to 10, supporting quotes and a recommendation
7. Decide, document, delete
A person in your company decides on each application, reviews the evidence and does not follow the recommendation unchecked (Art. 22 GDPR).
Your company
- Review the evidence, override scores where needed and make the decision
- Answer applicants' requests about their data
- Set a retention period and have data deleted after the process ends, taking into account the deadlines for claims under the AGG
Mirage
- Retrieval of report and transcript
- Support with access, rectification and erasure under the AVV
- Deletion on your instruction