{"id":3942,"date":"2021-03-24T17:35:13","date_gmt":"2021-03-24T17:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/?p=1344147"},"modified":"2021-03-24T17:35:13","modified_gmt":"2021-03-24T17:35:13","slug":"amazon-is-asking-drivers-to-sign-a-biometric-consent-form-or-lose-their-jobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/?p=3942","title":{"rendered":"Amazon is asking drivers to sign a \u2018biometric consent\u2019 form \u2014 or lose their jobs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Amazon is about to take employee monitoring to a whole \u2018nother level of dystopian surveillance.<\/p>\n

The retail giant will this week ask delivery drivers in the US to sign a \u201cbiometric consent\u201d form or lose their jobs, Vice reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The form permits the company to use AI-powered cameras in its vans to monitor drivers\u2019 locations, movements, and biometric data.<\/p>\n

The firm has already started rolling out the system, made by tech company Netradyne, across its fleet of vehicles. The cameras can monitor a driver\u2019s body movements, infer when they\u2019re distracted, and even spot when they yawn.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Amazon says<\/a> the system will keep drivers safe on the road, but privacy advocates have called it<\/a> \u201cthe largest expansion of corporate surveillance in human history.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

The consent form says Amazon may use drivers\u2019 photos to create, store, and use biometric information. It adds that the system \u201ctracks vehicle location and movement\u2026 as a condition of delivery packages for Amazon, you consent to the use of technology.\u201d<\/p>\n

Vice reports<\/a> that some drivers are refusing to sign the forms. But Ray Walsh, a digital privacy expert at ProPrivacy<\/span><\/a>, said many of them will have little choice but to accept the terms:<\/p>\n

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A vast amount of Amazon drivers rely on the wage from their job on a month-to-month basis, and they don\u2019t have the luxury of deciding to quit in order to avoid being tracked with AI by Amazon. As a result, many employees are being compelled into accepting this surveillance against their wishes.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Those that do sign the forms will consent to highly-intrusive surveillance that could affect their behavior while they work.<\/p>\n

Walsh added that any mistakes picked up by the system could be used to prosecute drivers:<\/p>\n

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There is a real danger that Amazon is creating a catch 22 situation in which it demands so much from its drivers to keep their jobs, that they end up breaking rules that ultimately get them in trouble with their employer and the law, and that this is all caught on film for the firm.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Published March 24, 2021 \u2014 17:35 UTC <\/p>\n

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