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HireOSS and the AI Act
The EU AI Act puts AI used in recruitment in its high-risk category. This page explains what that means, how HireOSS is built, and what stays with you as the employer.
Last updated: 26 October 2026
01What the AI Act says about hiring
- The AI Act lists AI systems used to recruit or select people as high-risk. That includes tools that screen applications and evaluate candidates.
- High-risk systems come with duties for the company that provides the tool and for the company that uses it.
- The duties are being phased in over several years. Check the dates that apply to you with your legal advisor.
- Norway is expected to take the AI Act into Norwegian law through the EEA Agreement.
02What this page is not
- It is not legal advice.
- It is not a statement that HireOSS, or the way you use it, meets the requirements of the AI Act.
- It describes how the product works today, so you can judge it against your own obligations.
03How HireOSS is built
- A person makes every decision. HireOSS gives a score, a recommendation and the evidence behind them. It never rejects or advances a candidate on its own.
- Every score points to the quote it rests on, so a reviewer can check it.
- When the evidence does not cover an attribute, the result says so instead of guessing. See How we score.
- Reviewers can override any score or recommendation. The override is saved with a reason, next to the original.
- Anonymized screening removes names and contact details before the model reads anything.
- The activity log records who ran, changed, exported or viewed what.
- Raw CV and transcript text is deleted a set time after a candidate is hired or rejected.
04What stays with you
- Tell candidates that AI helps assess them. Settings has a ready-made text you can copy into job ads.
- Keep a person in charge of every decision, and give them the time to read the evidence.
- Make sure the attributes on each scorecard are relevant to the job.
- Decide how long you keep candidate data, and delete what you no longer need.
05Questions
- Write to us at contactus@hireoss.io. We can share more detail about how the product works for your own assessment.