UK Uber drivers are taking the algorithm to court – TechCrunch

A group of U.K. Uber drivers has launched a legal challenge against the company's subsidiary in the Netherlands. The complaints relate to access to personal data and algorithmic accountability. Uber drivers and Uber Eats couriers are being invited to join the challenge, which targets Uber's use of profiling and data-fueled algorithms to manage gig workers in Europe. Platform workers involved in the case are also seeking to exercise a broader suite of data access rights baked into EU data protection law. It looks like a fascinating test of how far existing legal protections wrap around automated decisions at a time when regional lawmakers are busy drawing up a risk-based framework for regulating applications of artificial intelligence. Many uses of AI technology look set to remain subject only to protections baked into the existing General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).