Scale AI faces complaints over workplace surveillance

Privacy organization noyb says it filed five GDPR complaints against Scale AI over tracking and biometric verification on its Outlier platform. The complaints were filed in France, Italy, the Netherlands and Austria; Scale AI faces allegations concerning workers’ personal data.

• The complaints concern Outlier, a platform operated by Scale AI that noyb says has more than 900,000 freelance workers.· 1 source
• noyb says trackers on workers’ devices transmit data including IP addresses, contact details, identifiers and page-visit information to third parties.· 1 source
• The organization says it filed five complaints across France, Italy, the Netherlands and Austria, alleging GDPR violations involving tracking and biometric data.· 2 sources