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Driver X's story: spending months searching for the truth about his suspension and being lost in the opacity of the decision-making process

This is a real life testimony of a UK private hire driver who was employed by Uber. It explores the issues that gig economy workers face as a result of algorithmic management and surveillance utilised by their employers.

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Alexandru's story: “You never know when they are going to deactivate you or suspend you. And nobody dares to ask why"

This is a real life testimony of a UK private hire driver who was employed by Uber. It explores the issues that gig economy workers face as a result of algorithmic management used by their employers.

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Pa's story: how a facial recognition system potentially failed to recognise a driver of colour and may have cost him his job

This real life testimony of a UK private hire driver who was employed by Uber. It explores the issues that gig economy workers face as a result of algorithmic management and surveillance utilised by their employers.

Case Study

King’s Cross has been watching you - and the police helped

Police forces in the UK started trialing facial recognition technology in public events a few years ago, but are taking a step further in the questionable use of this extremely intrusive technology.

Explainer

7+1 tips on how to make the most out of your DSAR

Here are a few suggested tips, based on our own experience with Data Subject Access Requests (DSARs). This is based on DSARs under the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), but we hope our tips may be useful in other jurisdictions too.

Long Read

2020: A Facebook user's Odyssey?

Join us on a journey to try to solve the mystery behind the advertisers who have uploaded our personal data to Facebook but with whom we've never interacted with before.

News & Analysis

IBM (not) ending facial recognition - our quick thoughts

On June 9th, in light of the global debate against racial injustices, the company IBM announced they would stop selling facial recognition. Here are 4 quick-fire thoughts we have on this.

News & Analysis

International Health Day during a pandemic: an opportunity to reflect

Marking International Health Day amidst a global pandemic gives us a chance to reflect on how we are responding to Covid-19 through the use of data and technology.

Case Study

…no one can arrest or detain you arbitrarily

Trials should be public and tried in a fair manner by an impartial and independent tribunal.

News & Analysis

Advocate General’s Opinion: national security mass retention regimes are incompatible with EU Law

Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the European Union, issued his opinions on how he believes the Court should rule on vital questions relating to European national security mass retention regimes. All three regimes in question were in his opinion incompatible.

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Tech giants do not face enough competition, new report says

A panel of competition experts has confirmed that tech giants, like Facebook, Amazon, Google, Apple and Microsoft, do not face enough competition. We welcome the recommendations contained in the report, and we urge significant caution when it comes to solutions that will provide other companies with access to customers' data troves.