KazakhstanDigital Code, algorithmic decision-making rights
Digital Code No. 255-VIII (9 January 2026), Art. 43
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In force 75 days, effective 10 July 2026.
An AI transparency rule binding public and private bodies.
As of 6 September 2026.
What it requires
- Tell a person, on request, that a fully automated algorithmic system, an AI system included, was used to make a decision affecting them.
- Give the person an explanation of the key factors and criteria that influenced the decision, without disclosing the algorithm, source code or a legally protected secret.
- Allow the person to demand review of the decision by an authorised specialist where it carries legal consequences or can affect their rights and legitimate interests.
- Do not let a decision made using an algorithmic system result in discrimination on a ground Kazakhstani law sets out.
What it reaches
How the hook was established
express
What makes it apply
Place of effect
What it makes you log
Who may demand the log
Data subject
What the log must hold
Decision basis, Human involvement
Logging duty
Article 43(4) never names a log, a record or an audit trail. It entitles the subject of a fully automated algorithmic decision to learn that the system was used, to obtain an explanation of the key factors and criteria that influenced that specific decision, and to demand review by an authorised specialist. Producing a case-specific explanation of which factors influenced one decision, on request, cannot be done without some record of what happened in that decision instance, which is the implicit pattern: demonstrating or producing on demand something only a record could show.
- Kind
- Implicit
- As of
- 22 September 2026
- Provision
- Art. 43(4)
- Trigger
- automated_decisions
Who checks it
Audit expectation
none
What this law does
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Article 43 defines an algorithmic system as a digital system that makes, or influences the making of, a decision based on automated data processing, including an AI system, and states that decisions made using an algorithmic system must not result in discrimination on grounds Kazakhstani law sets out.
Where a decision is made entirely without human involvement in assessing the circumstances or approving the outcome, in cases provided for by law or agreement, the subject of that decision has the right, in cases and in the manner the legislation sets, to learn that an algorithmic system was used, to obtain an explanation of the key factors and criteria that influenced the decision without disclosure of the algorithm, source code, or legally protected secrets, and to demand review of the decision by an authorised specialist where the decision carries legal consequences or is capable of affecting the person's rights and legitimate interests.
When LexLint raises it
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