NovaCopilot Ad Eligibility API
May we show this ad to this person, in this country, with this AI system?
Returns a structured decision on whether an advertisement may be shown, the risk level and the controls required across the AI Act, GDPR, DSA and national marketing law.
AI Act · GDPR · DSA · National marketing law · live demo
Overview
NovaCopilot Ad Eligibility API is part of the NovaCopilot Trust Layer. Input is evaluated against the NovaCopilot Trust Graph by the NovaCopilot Decision Engine and returned as structured JSON with sources. Status: live demo.
Input
- country
- ISO code of an EU/EEA country
- age
- Age of the intended recipient, 0–120
- industry
- gaming, gambling, alcohol, retail, finance, health, media or education
- ad_type
- contextual, personalized or profiling
- ai_used
- Whether AI creates or targets the ad
Output
- decision
- allowed, allowed_with_controls or not_allowed
- risk
- low, medium or high
- confidence
- Number between 0 and 1
- eligibility_status
- NovaCopilot Eligibility Graph: allowed, restricted, high_risk or not_allowed
- restrictions
- What may not be done for this input
- alternative_paths
- Lower-risk ways to reach the same goal
- applicable_regulations
- Regulations that apply to the input
- required_controls
- Controls required before going ahead
- summary
- Plain-language explanation
- reasoning_summary
- Plain-language explanation of the decision path
- affected_groups
- Groups affected, for example minors or adults
- sources
- NovaCopilot Trust Graph objects behind the decision: type, regulation, article, jurisdiction, effective date and official source link
- relevant_enforcement
- NovaCopilot Enforcement Intelligence: earlier supervisory decisions, fines, court decisions and guidance on similar conduct, with authority, date and source
- regulatory_signals
- Regulatory trends that affect the input
Example Request
POST /api/public/v1/eligibility
{
"country": "SE",
"age": 15,
"industry": "gaming",
"ad_type": "personalized",
"ai_used": true
}Example Response
{
"decision": "not_allowed",
"risk": "high",
"confidence": 0.92,
"eligibility_status": "not_allowed",
"restrictions": [
"No advertising based on profiling of minors on online platforms",
"Prohibited: AI that exploits age-related vulnerabilities"
],
"alternative_paths": [
"Behavioural advertising towards minors is not permitted. Contextual advertising may be a lower-risk alternative.",
"Restrict the campaign to verified adult audiences."
],
"applicable_regulations": [
"AI Act",
"GDPR",
"DSA",
"National marketing law (SE)"
],
"required_controls": [
"Disclose AI involvement and label AI-generated content",
"Serve contextual advertising only",
"Disable profiling for minors",
"Apply age assurance"
],
"summary": "Advertising based on profiling is not permitted when the recipient is likely a minor.",
"reasoning_summary": "The recipient is likely a minor and the ad relies on profiling, which the DSA prohibits on online platforms.",
"affected_groups": [
"minors"
],
"sources": [
{
"id": "dsa.art28.2",
"type": "Age Restriction",
"regulation": "DSA",
"reference": "Art. 28(2)",
"title": "No profiling-based advertising to minors",
"jurisdiction": "EU",
"url": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2022/2065/oj",
"effective_date": "2024-02-17"
},
{
"id": "aiact.art5.1b",
"type": "Risk Classification",
"regulation": "AI Act",
"reference": "Art. 5(1)(b)",
"title": "Prohibited: AI exploiting vulnerabilities due to age",
"jurisdiction": "EU",
"url": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1689/oj",
"effective_date": "2025-02-02"
}
],
"relevant_enforcement": [
{
"id": "enf.ec.dsa.meta.2024",
"type": "Enforcement Action",
"title": "Formal DSA proceedings against Meta on minors",
"authority": "European Commission",
"country": "EU",
"date": "2024-05-16",
"url": "https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/dsa-enforcement",
"summary": "Proceedings on whether Facebook and Instagram systems exploit minors' inexperience and on age assurance."
},
{
"id": "enf.ie.dpc.tiktok.2023",
"type": "Fine",
"title": "TikTok: processing of children's personal data",
"authority": "Data Protection Commission",
"country": "IE",
"amount": "EUR 345 million",
"date": "2023-09-15",
"url": "https://www.dataprotection.ie/en/news-media/latest-news",
"summary": "Public-by-default settings for child accounts and design choices that nudged children towards less private options."
}
],
"regulatory_signals": [
{
"id": "trend.age-assurance",
"title": "Age assurance is becoming an enforcement expectation",
"summary": "Supervisors increasingly expect effective age assurance rather than self-declared age.",
"date": "2025-07-14"
}
]
}Use Cases
- Pre-flight checks in ad servers and demand-side platforms
- Campaign approval in agencies
- Guardrails for AI agents that create or buy ads
- Consent and audience reviews in e-commerce
OpenAPI Schema
Machine-readable specification: /api/public/v1/openapi.json
JSON Contract
The response format is stable. Fields may be added, existing fields are not renamed or removed. Agent contract: /api/public/v1/agents/ad-eligibility
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