Surveillance-based price and wage discrimination prohibition

This bill prohibits businesses in Minnesota from using automated systems to charge different prices or pay different wages to individuals based on surveillance data about their personal behaviors, biometrics, or other private information. It defines surveillance data to include details like browsing history, purchase records, and biological identifiers, while allowing price differences only when justified by actual service costs or standard group discounts like military or senior rates. The law also permits insurers to use risk-related data for pricing insurance policies, but restricts other entities from tailoring costs or compensation based on observed or inferred personal characteristics. Companies would need to demonstrate that any price or wage variations are based on legitimate business reasons rather than private surveillance of individuals or groups.