When AI is making recommendations that shape someone's career, transparency isn't a nice-to-have. It's a responsibility. Every suggestion your talent management platform surfaces, from internal mobility matches to skills gap analyses, has real consequences for real people. Employees deserve to know that the technology influencing their professional growth is fair, explainable, and built with their rights in mind.
At 365Talents, that belief isn't a marketing tagline. It's the foundation of everything we build. And as regulatory pressure intensifies across France, Europe, and the globe, it's also what separates vendors you can trust from those asking you to take their word for it.
The regulatory landscape is shifting fast
If you're evaluating AI-powered HR platforms in 2026, compliance is no longer a future concern. It's a present-day requirement.
The EU AI Act, which entered into force in August 2024, is now phasing in its most consequential obligations. AI systems used in employment, worker management, and recruitment are explicitly classified as high-risk under this regulation. That means any platform helping you make talent decisions must meet strict requirements around risk management, data governance, human oversight, and transparency. By August 2026, conformity assessments must be completed, technical documentation finalized, and high-risk AI systems registered in the EU database.
The penalties are severe: fines of up to 35 million euros or 7% of global annual turnover for the most serious violations.
Meanwhile, the GDPR continues to govern how personal data flows through AI systems. The two regulations work in parallel. Any AI system that processes personal data must satisfy both frameworks, covering everything from legal basis for processing to data protection impact assessments and employees' rights under automated decision-making (Article 22).
In France specifically, the CNIL maintains rigorous oversight of AI systems processing employee data, and the upcoming EU
Pay Transparency Directive introduces additional obligations to link skills, roles, and compensation in auditable, defensible ways.
Then there's the EU AI Pact, a voluntary initiative from the European Commission encouraging organizations to commit to responsible AI practices ahead of full regulatory enforcement. 365Talents is a signatory, demonstrating a proactive commitment to AI governance, high-risk system mapping, and AI literacy rather than waiting for deadlines to force the issue.
Why "we use AI" isn't enough anymore
Many HR tech vendors claim to use AI. Fewer can tell you exactly how their AI works, what data it processes, how decisions are traced, and what safeguards prevent bias.
For procurement teams, CISOs, DPOs, and CHROs evaluating platforms, the right questions to ask are:
Can the vendor document how AI-generated recommendations are produced? Is there a clear audit trail for every decision the system surfaces? How does the platform handle bias detection and mitigation? Where is data hosted, and what certifications back up their security claims? Does the vendor hold independent certifications for responsible AI governance?
If a vendor can't answer these concretely, your organization carries the risk, because under the EU AI Act, deployers have their own compliance obligations. Your vendor's compliance as a provider does not automatically satisfy yours as a deployer.
How 365Talents builds trust into every layer
365Talents doesn't treat ethics and compliance as afterthoughts bolted on to an existing product. They are embedded in the platform's architecture, governance, and operations from the ground up.
ISO 42001: the world's first HR tech provider to be certified
In February 2025, 365Talents became the first talent management platform globally to achieve ISO 42001 certification for responsible AI. This international standard ensures that AI systems meet demanding requirements for ethics, governance, and transparency. It guarantees that AI decision-making processes are systematically documented, enabling organizations to trace recommendations and verify their alignment with ethical and fair practices. For HR leaders relying on AI to support hiring, development, mobility, and retention decisions, traceability is essential.
SOC 2 Type II attestation
365Talents undergoes rigorous SOC 2 Type II audits, which evaluate internal controls and systems related to security, availability, and confidentiality of data. This isn't a one-time checkbox. It's a continuous process that confirms the platform meets the trust service principles defined by the AICPA.
GDPR by design, not by patch
The platform is built to respect personal data from the ground up. Data is hosted in France and compartmentalized between clients. Personal data is systematically validated by the employee themselves, consent is obtained from the first connection, and the right to erasure is respected throughout the platform's lifecycle. 365Talents also undergoes routine audits by clients' security and compliance teams.
EU AI Pact signatory
By joining the AI Pact, 365Talents has committed to adopting an AI governance strategy aligned with the EU AI Act, mapping high-risk AI systems, and promoting AI awareness and literacy across the organization. This is a proactive step that goes beyond minimum legal requirements.
Trust Center for full visibility
Rather than making promises behind closed doors, 365Talents maintains a public Trust Center where clients and prospects can review the live status of security controls based on the SOC 2 framework, understand the types of data collected, and access dedicated security resources. Transparency, in practice.
What this means for your organization
If you're a large enterprise operating in France, the EU, or globally, choosing the right AI-powered talent management platform isn't just a technology decision. It's a compliance decision, a risk management decision, and fundamentally an ethical decision about how you treat your people's data and career trajectories.
365Talents gives you the ability to act on skills intelligence while knowing that every recommendation is traceable, every data flow is secure, and every regulatory obligation is addressed proactively rather than reactively. Whether you're preparing for the EU AI Act's high-risk system deadlines, navigating GDPR requirements for automated decision-making, or meeting the EU.
Pay Transparency Directive's need for auditable skills and job mapping, or simply ensuring that the AI shaping your employees' careers is fair and explainable, 365Talents is built to meet that standard.
As Loïc Michel, CEO of 365Talents, has put it: this certification is not just a milestone. It is a commitment to continue innovating responsibly.
Ready to see ethical AI in action?
If compliance, transparency, and responsible AI are priorities for your organization, explore how 365Talents approaches them from the inside out.
Visit the 365Talents Trust Center to review our security posture, certifications, and data practices. Or book a demo to see how our AI-powered skills intelligence platform delivers actionable talent insights you can trust.
365Talents is an AI-powered skills intelligence and talent management platform trusted by global enterprises including Société Générale, Veolia, TotalEnergies, EY, and Orange. Now part of the Docebo family, 365Talents continues to lead in transparency, fairness, and responsible AI for skills-based organizations worldwide.
