The gig economy is ground zero for the use of experimental algorithms that use workers’ own data against them. Leaving workers playing a game that they don’t know the rules to, that the house always wins
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Time to deliver answers: An open letter to Just Eat Takeaway, Uber and Deliveroo
Algorithmic management of workers has become the norm for gig-economy platforms, with workers obligated to give up an immense amount of personal da...
Ads online can be eerily accurate or annoyingly random. But in either case it’s tough to understand why you’re being shown a certain ad One reason might be due to a bidding system that is happening behind the scenes Here’s how it works
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Why am I really seeing that ad? The answer might be Real Time Bidding (RTB)
When you give an app access to your location, it may be selling it to shady third parties you’ve never heard of. Advertisers, police and military forces have been taking advantage of the hidden trackers on our phones
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Mobile App Monetisation - Covert trackers in your pocket
Your phone is the ideal profit tool for data brokers and advertisers: it's always in your pocket and can be used both as a means of collecting...
Want to know why you are being followed around the web by the same ad? It’s really easy just go to…we’re kidding you’ll never know 😡 ✨ But there are things you can do. Read our guides:
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Every time you use your device, you generate unique identifiers which can be accessed by the police. Visit our Free to Protest guide to help you understand how police use technologies at protests🪧
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We’re asking companies to - Publish information about the algorithms they use - Provide personalised explanations of how algorithms were involved in decisions - Let workers & their reps test how management algorithms function Find out more: gigeconomy.privacyinternational.org
Climate activists we surveyed stated that tech was essential to their activism, and a majority rely on social media for their work. To support those protecting our planet, we created a guide to limit social media monitoring.
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How to avoid social media monitoring: A Guide for Climate Activists
The defense and protection of the environment continues to come at a high cost for activists and human rights defenders.
In England’s schools, children are tracked through a vast, opaque network of digital systems that turn education into a lifelong exercise in data collection and surveillance. Read more:
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From Playground to Database: child data in education
In England’s schools, children are not only pupils but also data subjects. From the moment they are born, a digital record begins to take shape ...
As governments exert control over access to the Web, people are increasingly turning to VPNs to access social media and to read & share info on upcoming protests. Check out our VPN guide to learn more:
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A guide to VPN use
What protections might VPNs offer? Adds an extra layer of encryption between your device and the VPN exit, hiding the content and metadata of your ...
Our phones are the perfect profiling devices. They know all our habits and preferences that make us unique. We’re angry that there are apps indiscriminately making fortunes out of breaching our privacy. And you should be too.
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Mobile App Monetisation - Covert trackers in your pocket
Your phone is the ideal profit tool for data brokers and advertisers: it's always in your pocket and can be used both as a means of collecting...