Principle — Governance position
Human oversight model
The Platform operates a two-tier oversight model.
- Tier 1 — Transactional oversight. Every AI-generated suggestion is reviewed, edited, or approved by a named user before it has operational effect. This is enforced at the data layer, not by policy alone.
- Tier 2 — Systemic oversight. A Compliance Office reviews model performance, override rates, and flag distribution quarterly. Material anomalies are escalated before customer rollout of updated models.
Bias mitigation
Bias mitigation is treated as a measurable engineering requirement, not a principle statement.
- Classification models are evaluated against stratified test sets across matter type, claimant demographic, and fee-earner grade.
- Confidence calibration is monitored per stratum. Divergence above the configured tolerance triggers re-training and a model hold.
- Override rate by user role is tracked. Systematic over-rides of AI outputs by senior users signal model miscalibration — not user error — and drive corrective action.
- No protected characteristic is used as a model feature. Proxy features are reviewed for indirect discrimination during each model release.
Auditability
Every AI output, every user override, and every state change is written to a tamper-evident audit log with actor type, source records, model version, confidence score, timestamp, and before/after values.
- Audit logs are read-only after write and retained for the full tenancy plus seven years.
- Audit logs support regulator queries, client instruction, and panel insurer review without requiring vendor involvement.
- Customers can export their full audit log at any time in a structured, signed format.
Explainability standards
Every AI-generated suggestion surfaces:
- A confidence score between 0 and 1.
- The top three contributing factors (in plain language).
- The underlying source documents or events consulted.
- The model version and the date of that version’s last evaluation.
No suggestion is surfaced without these four components present.
Model monitoring
Continuous monitoring covers:
- Performance drift. Rolling accuracy against held-out labels and user-approved outcomes.
- Calibration drift. Whether a 0.85 confidence suggestion is correct 85% of the time in production.
- Distribution drift. Whether incoming data has shifted from the training distribution.
- Override patterns. Systematic user rejection of suggestions, analysed by cohort.
Safe deployment
New models are rolled out under a staged deployment protocol:
- Shadow mode first — new model runs alongside the production model; outputs are compared but not acted on.
- Pilot tenant approval before general availability.
- Customer-visible change notes with evaluation metrics.
- Rollback path available for at least one prior model version.
Reporting and escalation
Users and customers can report an AI output they believe is incorrect, biased, or unsafe via a single in-product channel. Reports are triaged within 24 hours by the Compliance Office. Material reports pause the relevant model on the affected tenant pending review.
Principle — Guiding rule
Questions or Requests
Contact the GAAS LAW Compliance Office at compliance@gaaslaw.com.
Data Subject Requests
Submit a GDPR request to privacy@gaaslaw.com. Responses within 30 days.