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Content type: Advocacy
UPDATES:The Platform Work Directive (PWD) became law in October 2024. Member States have until December 2026 to implement its provisions into their national law. The final text of the PWD provides the following:A person performing platform work cannot be fired or suspended based on a decision made by an algorithm or automated decision-making systems.Platforms must provide upfront information, in "clear and plain language", about their use of automated decision-making systems.Platform workers…
Content type: Advocacy
In our submission we outline our concerns with the industry as a result of extensive technical research and complaints taken to data protection authorities in Europe as a result.
Data brokers must specifically be included in "actors in scope."
We recommend that "data brokers" are specifically included in the list of "actors in scope". A data broker is a company that collects, buys and sells personal data and this is often how they earn their primary revenue. It is a term that is entering…