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This bill aims to prohibit surveillance-based price and wage discrimination in Georgia by establishing new regulations for automated decision systems. The bill defines key terms such as "automated decision system," "surveillance data," and "surveillance-based price/wage discrimination," which essentially refer to using technology to set individualized prices or wages based on collected personal information about consumers or workers. The legislation prohibits businesses from using automated systems to set prices or wages that are based on surveillance of an individual's personal characteristics, behaviors, or biometrics, with some specific exceptions. For price discrimination, differences in pricing are allowed if they are justified by actual cost variations in providing goods or services. For wage discrimination, individualized wages can be set based on specific worker-related data directly connected to their labor. The bill empowers the Attorney General to create enforcement rules and allows both state prosecutors and individual aggrieved parties to bring civil actions against violators. Penalties can include civil fines up to $10,000 per violation, with potential additional damages of $3,000 per violation or up to three times actual damages if bad faith is proven. The overall intent is to protect consumers and workers from potentially discriminatory pricing and compensation practices enabled by advanced technological systems that collect and analyze personal data.

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https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/70304