- Chief Compliance Officer and VP of Legal Affairs, Arrow Electronics
By 
Neil Hodge2024-04-17T15:09:00
A U.K.-based Uber Eats driver recently received a financial settlement in a case alleging facial recognition checks required to access his work app were racially discriminatory.
Pa Edrissa Manjang, who is Black, experienced difficulties with the app’s verification checks, according to the watchdog that helped fund his case. He was removed from the platform in 2021 because of “‘continued mismatches’” in the photos of his face.
The implications of the case underscore a popular belief that companies prioritize protecting the personal information of their customers over the fundamental data rights of their employees, despite privacy laws like the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) requiring equal treatment.
THIS IS MEMBERS-ONLY CONTENT. To continue reading, choose one of the options below.
News and analysis for the well-informed compliance or audit exec.
Register for free
Access one free, non-premium article each month.
Complimentary CPE webcasts, resources, and e-Books.
Annual Membership best value
Subscribe now for $365
Our lowest price ($1 per day) for one year.
The proliferation of artificial intelligence technologies—and their reliance on publicly available data—has reinforced the need for tech developers and the companies using their solutions to ensure privacy by design and by default is at the crux of any offering.
Feedback from a European Commission consultation on the six years of enforcement of the General Data Protection Regulation could result in tweaks to the rules and potential changes to the way data protection authorities enforce them.
The French data regulator’s fine against an Amazon warehouse manager for violating employees’ rights to privacy in the workplace once again raises questions about what constitutes an overzealous approach to employee monitoring and why companies fail to recognize the signs.
Debt collection has become a hot topic as U.K. regulators pile pressure on utilities and financial services companies to improve how they treat customers in arrears.
TikTok is suspending new features amid an inquiry by the European Commission into its compliance with the Digital Services Act, all while responding to a U.S. ban just signed into law.
The Department of Justice’s renewed scrutiny toward a corporation’s approach to the use of personal devices strengthens the case for companies to get away from bring your own device, a panelist at Compliance Week’s 2024 National Conference argued.
