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Ban on Biometric-Based Sensitive Category Inference

High severity High confidence Explicit document language Common · 217 of 352 platforms

Key Facts

What does Stability AI prohibit regarding biometric data?
Stability AI prohibits categorizing people based on their biometric data to infer their race, political opinion, trade union membership, religious or philosophical beliefs, sex life, or sexual orientation.
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ConductAtlas Analysis

Why it matters (compliance & governance perspective)

This prohibition directly restricts one of the most invasive applications of AI—using physical or behavioral measurements to infer characteristics that are legally and socially sensitive in most jurisdictions.

Clause Stability Stable

0
Changes
3
Months Monitored
Jul 10, 2026
First Seen
Jul 10, 2026
Last Seen
This clause type exists across 921 other provisions on other platforms.

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

Users and developers are prohibited from deploying Stability AI technology to perform biometric-based inference of the listed sensitive personal categories.

How other platforms handle this

GitHub Medium

We generate new information from other data we collect to derive likely preferences or other characteristics. For instance, we infer your general geographic location based on your IP address.

Eventbrite Medium

We may derive or infer additional Personal Data about you, including demographic characteristics such as age range, gender, and parental status, based on your use of our Services and other available information.

Tinder Medium

This is still Your Content, and you are responsible for it and its accuracy, as well as your use of it on our Services and any and all decisions made, actions taken, and failures to take action based on Your Content.

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categorizing people based on their biometric data to infer their race, political opinion, trade union membership, religious or philosophical beliefs, sex life or sexual orientation.

Excerpt from Stability AI's Acceptable Use Policy

Applicable regulations

EU AI Act
European Union
California AB 2013 AI Training Data Transparency
US-CA
Colorado AI Act
US-CO
EU AI Act - High Risk Provisions
EU
GDPR
European Union
Texas AI Act
Texas, USA
Trump Executive Order on AI Policy Framework
US
UK GDPR
United Kingdom

Provision details

Document information
Document
Stability AI Acceptable Use Policy
Entity
Stability AI
Document last updated
May 11, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
May 11, 2026
Last verified
July 9, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-065276
Document ID
CA-D-00772
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
97243bfbcafaa8ec231cbf1c7f8c8ae3a12786517a8390a19011cdbe233bec46
Analysis generated
May 11, 2026 13:00 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
✓ Snapshot stored   ✓ Hash verified
Citation Record
Entity: Stability AI
Document: Stability AI Acceptable Use Policy
Record ID: CA-P-065276
Captured: 2026-05-11 13:00:52 UTC
SHA-256: 97243bfbcafaa8ec…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/stability-ai/stability-ai-acceptable-use-policy/provision/CA-P-065276/ban-on-biometric-based-sensitive-category-inference/
Accessed: Aug. 18, 2026
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does Stability AI's Ban on Biometric-Based Sensitive Category Inference clause do?

This prohibition directly restricts one of the most invasive applications of AI—using physical or behavioral measurements to infer characteristics that are legally and socially sensitive in most jurisdictions.

How does this clause affect you?

Users and developers are prohibited from deploying Stability AI technology to perform biometric-based inference of the listed sensitive personal categories.

How many platforms have this type of clause?

ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 217 platforms. See the full comparison.

Is ConductAtlas affiliated with Stability AI?

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