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Amazon Workers demand Data-Transparency

In a cooperation between the worker’s union “UNI Global” and privacy NGO “noyb.eu”, Amazon warehouse workers from Germany, UK, Italy, Poland and Slovakia filed access requests under Article 15 GDPR today.

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Mar 14, 2022 Source noyb.eu

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In a cooperation between the worker’s union “UNI Global” and privacy NGO “noyb.eu”, Amazon warehouse workers from Germany, UK, Italy, Poland and Slovakia filed access requests under Article 15 GDPR today. The goal is to find out how Amazon treats workers’ personal data under the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Workers are so far left in the dark about the use of their data, despite Amazon using sophisticated systems to monitor workflows and workers. Amazon has one month to respond and fully disclose their processing of workers' personal data. Amazon spying on workers. Internal documents from national unions confirm that Amazon carries out certain monitoring of its workers. For instance, it is clear that the company conducts background checks on workers and constantly monitors their work performance through a variety of invasive tools. "Amazon may be one of the largest corporations in the world but they cannot use our data to feed an algorithm, then start firing people r

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