Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 552.053
This is the official text of Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 552.053, part of Texas’s Business & Commerce Code — governs commercial transactions and general business practices.
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§ 552.053. SOCIAL SCORING.
Official statutory text
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.
(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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