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Committee hears bill to bar use of surveillance data for individualized prices and wages
Summary
House Bill 12‑64 would prohibit firms from using personal surveillance data or inferred characteristics to set individualized prices or pay. Supporters said the bill would protect consumers and low‑wage workers; industry witnesses warned of unintended consequences and urged alignment with existing privacy and AI laws.
Representative Iman Jodeh Garcia (sponsor) opened testimony on House Bill 12‑64, a measure that would prohibit using surveillance‑derived personal data and algorithmic inferences to set individualized prices or wages.
The bill: Sponsors said the measure would ban businesses from using biometric, behavioral, or otherwise surveilled personal data to calculate individualized charges or pay. The proposal includes permitted exceptions such as bona fide discounts, performance‑based pay, and other narrowly drawn uses; sponsors said they planned amendments to better define terms like "bona fide discount" and to align the measure with existing privacy and AI statutes.
Supporters' case: Labor and consumer groups, civil‑liberties advocates and gig‑economy drivers described concrete harms. Sophie Mariam of the Colorado…
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