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Texas Business and Commerce Code - BUS & COM § 552.053. Social Scoring

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

A governmental entity may not use or deploy an artificial intelligence system that evaluates or classifies a natural person or group of natural persons based on social behavior or personal characteristics, whether known, inferred, or predicted, with the intent to calculate or assign a social score or similar categorical estimation or valuation of the person or group of persons that results or may result in:

(1) detrimental or unfavorable treatment of a person or group of persons in a social context unrelated to the context in which the behavior or characteristics were observed or noted;

(2) detrimental or unfavorable treatment of a person or group of persons that is unjustified or disproportionate to the nature or gravity of the observed or noted behavior or characteristics;  or

(3) the infringement of any right guaranteed under the United States Constitution, the Texas Constitution, or state or federal law.

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