---
id: "introduction-critical-guidance"
type: "guidance-box"
title: "⚠️ Critical Requirements"
variant: "slate"
footnote: "⚠️ Non-negotiable requirements that affect your grade"
---
**Data Protection** (grading-critical):
Data protection must be correctly declared and consistently implemented throughout. If not met, a correction is required ([EPG Ausführungsbestimmungen, S. 5](/book/epg-ausfuehrungsbestimmungen/4)).

**Own Performance** (must be evident):
Your own intellectual contribution must be clearly recognisable. Distinguish between adopted ideas and your own thinking ([EPG Ausführungsbestimmungen, S. 5](/book/epg-ausfuehrungsbestimmungen/4)).

**AI Disclosure**:
Any use of AI-based tools must be transparently declared according to the guidelines ([EPG Ausführungsbestimmungen, S. 2](/book/epg-ausfuehrungsbestimmungen/1)).