Catalogue of Prohibitions – Detailed Analysis

Review per Ground for Prohibition

1. Subliminal Manipulation

Prohibition: AI systems that materially influence the behaviour of a person through subliminal techniques (not consciously perceivable) or deliberately manipulative techniques, such that that person or another person suffers harm.

BAUER GROUP Review: No BAUER GROUP products employ subliminal influence. AI recommendation systems (if any) are transparent and do not pursue manipulative objectives.

Status: ✅ Not affected

2. Exploitation of Vulnerabilities

Prohibition: AI systems that deliberately exploit vulnerabilities arising from age, disability, or a particular social/economic situation.

BAUER GROUP Review: B2B focus. No products targeting vulnerable groups.

Status: ✅ Not affected

3. Social Scoring

Prohibition: Evaluation or classification of natural persons on the basis of their social behaviour over a period of time, leading to unjustified or disproportionate treatment.

BAUER GROUP Review: No scoring systems for natural persons.

Status: ✅ Not affected

4–8. Further Prohibitions

Status of all further grounds for prohibition: ✅ Not affected — no products in the areas of crime prediction, facial recognition, emotion recognition in the workplace, biometric categorisation, or real-time remote biometric identification.