Chapter 33 · A statement of reasons

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In the brief edition: Where you can ask, refuse and appeal an AI decision

What was read, and when

• The exchange was recorded on 29 September 2026: one model by its API, the vendor's settings left as they came, no system prompt, a single turn. The reply is printed whole but for two paragraphs, its three web addresses left out.
• The pages were read on 29 September 2026. The amendment is of 23 March 1976, the bureau's circular of 26 May 2022, and Quebec's section on automated decisions of 2021. California's regulations were approved on 22 September 2025, and their rules on automated decisions apply from 1 January 2027.
• Among the pages of Table 33.1: the federal page on disputing errors on credit reports, of April 2024; the federal bureau's complaint page, modified 22 September 2026; California's Attorney General's page on the privacy law, updated 28 August 2026; Canada's Privacy Commissioner's page, modified 18 June 2026; the platform's help page, undated.

The sources are printed in the full edition, chapter by chapter, with the day each was read. This page prints the same list.

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