The EU AI Act Is Here.
Is Your AI Usage Compliant?
The EU AI Act is the world's first comprehensive AI regulation. It requires organizations to protect personal data, maintain transparency, and log AI interactions. If your team uses ChatGPT, Claude, or Copilot — this applies to you.
Non-compliance penalties are severe
Organizations that violate the EU AI Act face fines of up to €35 million or 7% of global annual revenue — whichever is higher. Even for lower-tier violations, fines reach €15M or 3% of revenue. The regulation applies to any organization serving EU citizens, regardless of where the company is headquartered.
What Is the EU AI Act?
The EU AI Act (Regulation 2024/1689) is a comprehensive legal framework governing the development and use of artificial intelligence in the European Union. It classifies AI systems by risk level and imposes obligations accordingly.
Risk-Based Classification
Social scoring, manipulative AI, real-time biometric surveillance
HR screening, credit scoring, law enforcement, critical infrastructure
Chatbots, AI-generated content, emotion recognition
Spam filters, AI in video games, inventory management
Key Obligations for Organizations Using AI
If your organization uses AI tools like ChatGPT, Claude, or Copilot, you are classified as a "deployer" under the Act. Deployers have specific obligations:
Transparency
Organizations must disclose when AI systems process personal data and maintain records of AI interactions.
Data Governance
Training and input data must meet quality standards. Personal data must be protected throughout the AI pipeline.
Documentation & Logging
Deployers of AI systems must keep logs of AI usage, including what data was sent and how it was processed.
Human Oversight
Organizations must maintain meaningful human oversight of AI systems, especially for high-risk use cases.
Enforcement Timeline
The EU AI Act is being rolled out in phases. Key deadlines:
EU AI Act enters into force
The regulation was officially published and became law.
Prohibited AI practices banned
Unacceptable risk AI systems (social scoring, manipulative AI) are banned.
General-purpose AI rules apply
Obligations for foundation model providers like OpenAI and Anthropic take effect.
Full enforcement begins
All obligations apply, including high-risk AI system requirements and penalties up to €35M or 7% of global revenue.
How Tenlines Makes You Compliant
Tenlines is an AI security gateway that sits between your workforce and every AI provider. It automatically enforces the data protection and transparency requirements of the EU AI Act — without changing how your team works.
Automatic PII Scrubbing
Names, emails, phone numbers, addresses, and national IDs are detected and redacted before reaching any AI provider. No manual review needed.
Complete Audit Trail
Every AI interaction is logged with full detail — who sent what, when, to which model, and what was scrubbed. Ready for regulator review.
Policy Enforcement
Define data handling rules per team, role, or AI provider. Policies are enforced automatically at the gateway level.
Works With Every AI Tool
ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot, Gemini — one gateway covers them all. No SDK changes, no employee training required.
Secure Processing
Data is sent to our secure infrastructure for PII detection and scrubbing before requests are forwarded to AI providers. Your original data is never persisted.
Proprietary Code Protection
Beyond PII, Tenlines detects and blocks proprietary source code from being sent to AI models — protecting trade secrets alongside personal data.
EU AI Act Compliance Checklist
Tenlines addresses all of the above automatically through its AI security gateway.
Get EU AI Act Compliant Before Enforcement
Full enforcement begins August 2026. Start protecting your AI workflows now.