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The inability to sue to identify the problem or correct it is a real loss of autonomy and freedom.

It's unclear if "inability to sue" applies in this case. For example:

Discriminating against people based on their gender and ethnic background is illegal in the Netherlands, but converting that information into data points to be fed into an algorithm may not be. This gray area, in part the result of broad legal leeway granted in the name of fighting welfare fraud, lets officials process and profile welfare recipients based on sensitive characteristics in ways that would otherwise be illegal. Dutch courts are currently reviewing the issue.
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