Vague legal requirements must translate into strict corporate accountability. Use our interactive matrix to determine exactly who is Responsible, Accountable, Consulted, and Informed for compliance tasks.
| Compliance Task | Legal & Compliance | Engineering / IT | Data Privacy (DPO) | Product Owner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Risk Tier Classification |
A
Legal is fully Accountable for officially classifying the system's risk tier under Annex III to prevent catastrophic liability.
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C
Engineering must be Consulted to explain exactly how the model architecture works so Legal can classify it.
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C
DPO is Consulted to determine if biometric or sensitive data classification triggers high-risk status.
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R
Product Owners are Responsible for initiating the classification review before launching any new feature.
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| Article 11 Technical Documentation |
C
Legal is Consulted to ensure the documentation meets regulatory standards.
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R
Engineering is Responsible for actually writing the architecture, training data, and metric documentation.
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I
DPO is Informed of data governance architectures documented by Engineering.
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A
Product Owner is Accountable for ensuring documentation is complete before market launch.
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| Article 26 Human Oversight (Deployers) |
A
Legal is Accountable for proving to regulators that human oversight is structurally possible and enforced.
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R
Engineering is Responsible for building the UI/UX tools (kill switches, override buttons) that enable human oversight.
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I
DPO is Informed to ensure human oversight aligns with automated decision-making rules in GDPR.
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R
Product Owners are Responsible for defining the Standard Operating Procedures for humans interacting with the AI.
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| Article 50 Transparency (Deepfakes/Chatbots) |
A
Legal is Accountable for drafting the exact disclosure copy to avoid deceptive practices.
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R
Engineering is Responsible for implementing machine-readable watermarks and rendering UI disclosures.
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C
DPO is Consulted to ensure transparency notices do not conflict with existing privacy policies.
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R
Product Owners are Responsible for ensuring transparency features are prioritized in the sprint backlog.
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Includes 25+ tasks covering the entire AI lifecycle.