Just Eat Takeaway, Uber Eats, Deliveroo cannot continue to hide behind opaque algorithms to justify their actions.
It's time to deliver answers. https://privacyinternational.org/news-analysis/5510/12-organsations-tell-just-eat-uber-and-deliveroo-time-deliver-answers
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Delivery drivers are being left in the dark as to why and how important decisions about their work are being made, leading to discrimination, financial hardship and poor workplace dynamics.
https://privacyinternational.org/news-analysis/5510/12-organsations-tell-just-eat-uber-and-deliveroo-time-deliver-answers
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It's time for the companies responsible to deliver answers on the algorithms driving these decisions.
Find out more: https://privacyinternational.org/advocacy/5509/time-deliver-answers-open-letter-just-eat-takeaway-uber-and-deliveroo #TimeToDeliverAnswers
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Too many companies are using secretive algorithms to manage their workers. Enough is enough. #TimeToDeliverAnswers
https://privacyinternational.org/news-analysis/5510/12-organsations-tell-just-eat-uber-and-deliveroo-time-deliver-answers
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If you’re interested in governance of a registered charity in England & Wales that's continuously exploring ways to promote the human right of privacy throughout the world and to achieve change, please apply.
The Board is seeking candidates who are passionate about our work and who ideally come with experience in charity or not-for-profit sector governance, financial management and fundraising.
https://privacyinternational.org/opportunities/5483/trustee-opportunities
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When your boss is an algorithm, you need to know how it makes decisions.
That's why we're asking Just Eat Takeaway, Uber Eats and Deliveroo to deliver answers today.
https://privacyinternational.org/news-analysis/5510/12-organsations-tell-just-eat-uber-and-deliveroo-time-deliver-answers
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We are just getting started so watch this space. 👀
You can visit our website for regular updates on the campaign:
https://privacyinternational.org/campaigns/time-deliver-answers
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GMB Union call for transparency in the algorithms behind pay at food delivery and riding companies
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/gmb-call-transparency-courier-pay-algorithms
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The recommendations we have developed as part of our campaign would ensure that workers are able to understand how much they are paid.
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If implemented, details of algorithms would be published, workers would receive additional explanations around automated decisions and workers and their representatives could test algorithms for bias and discrimination.
Read more here ⬇️
https://gigeconomy.privacyinternational.org/
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This follows the launch of our campaign that seeks to push gig economy companies like Just Eat Takeaway, Uber Eats and Deliveroo to significantly improve their transparency around the algorithms they use to manage their workforce.
https://privacyinternational.org/advocacy/5509/time-deliver-answers-open-letter-just-eat-takeaway-uber-and-deliveroo
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The use of dynamic pay and pricing algorithms rely on intensive data collection and opaque machine learning technologies to automatically set variable pay for drivers and fares for passengers.
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We agree with GMB that algorithmic transparency is a massive issue across the entire platform economy, leaving workers playing a game that they don’t know the rules to that the house always wins.
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The current lack of transparency means that worker's aren't able to understand the basis on which they're paid. There is also a risk that algorithms lower working conditions by analysing individual behaviour and targeting drivers based on their willingness to accept lower fares.
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As part of Data Protection Day (28 January), we'll be taking part in this annual conference that aims to engage the Russian-speaking community in a global discussion about privacy.
Our session (in English!) is about chatbots.
https://2025.privacyday.net/
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International speakers and current cases from the field of privacy for 2024-2025 are expected at the conference. Special panels in Armenia, Kazakhstan and Russia will focus on particular issues in these regions.
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Evidence of the surveillance of environmental activists keeps mounting, so we put together a guide on how to limit social media monitoring for those protecting our planet 🌎
https://pvcy.org/climate
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Algorithmic decision making is what happens when companies collect detailed data on their workers to make important decisions about how much they are paid, what work they're offered and even if they are allowed to continue working.
This needs to change.
https://privacyinternational.org/news-analysis/5510/12-organsations-tell-just-eat-uber-and-deliveroo-time-deliver-answers
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“It’s not at all like being an employee...There’s nobody you can talk to. Everything is automated.” https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/jan/21/its-a-nightmare-couriers-mystified-by-the-algorithms-that-control-their-jobs
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Together, with 11 organisations including @openrightsgroup we're asking Deliveroo, Uber Eats, and Just Eat Takeaway to take steps to significantly improve their transparency around the algorithms they use to manage their workforce.
[#]TimeToDeliverAnswers
https://privacyinternational.org/advocacy/5509/time-deliver-answers-open-letter-just-eat-takeaway-uber-and-deliveroo
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