A/79/173 on the Rights of the Child and other international instruments aimed at ensuring the well-being and comprehensive protection of children and adolescents. The academic education of children and adolescents shall include the promotion of the responsible, appropriate and safe use of technology, awareness -raising regarding the possible risks faced in digital environments with regard to the improper processing of personal data, and the fostering of respect for their freedoms and rights, and the rights of others. The personal data of children and adolescents must be subject to special enhanced responsibility measures with regard to security, confidentiality, access and restrictions on circulation, in order to prevent such data from being accessed, improperly used, manipulated or destroyed. 11. Principle on automated individual decisions The data subject shall have the right not to be subject to decisions that produce legal effects for or significantly affect him or her that are based solely on automated processing intended to evaluate, without human intervention, certain personal aspects of the data subject or to analyse or predict, in particular, his or her professional performance, economic situation, state of health, sexual preferences, reliability or behaviour. The foregoing shall not apply when the automated processing of personal data is necessary for the conclusion or performance of a contract between the data subject and the data controller, is authorized by the domestic law of States, or is based on the demonstrable consent of the data subject. However, when it is necessary for the contractual relationship or the data subject has given consent, the data subject shall be entitled to obtain human intervention, receive an explanation of the decision taken, express his or her point of view and challenge the decision. 12. Principle of transparency Before or at the time the data are collected, the identity and contact details of the data controller, the specific purposes for which the personal data will be processed, the legal basis for the processing, the recipients or categories of recipients to whom the personal data will be communicated, the information to be transmitted and the rights of the data subject in relation to the personal data to be collected must be specified. When data processing is based on consent, personal data must be collected only with the prior, unambiguous, free and informed consent of the data subject. If the data subject is the object of automated decision-making, profiling, or decision-making processes involving artificial intelligence or other technologies, he or she must be informed, in a clear and simple manner, about the following: • The processes involving automation, artificial intelligence or any other technology that will be used in the processing of the data. • The reasoning behind a decision that affects him or her, through clear, truthful and meaningful information, so that he or she can understand the basic elements of the decision-making based on his or her personal data. • The information that will be used to make the decision. • Whether or not the quality of the decision was verified through qualified human oversight. • Additional information that would enable the data subject to understand how automated decisions might positively or negatively affect him or her. 24-13146 19/23