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Amazon mandating drivers sign 'biometric consent' form or lose jobs: Report
"Amazon may ... use certain Technology that processes Biometric Information, including on-board safety camera technology which collects your photograph for the purposes of confirming your identity and connecting you to your driver account," the form, which was obtained by Vice, read. "Using your photograph, this Technology may create Biometric Information, and collect, store, and use Biometric Information from such photographs." The technology "tracks vehicle location and movement, including miles driven, speed, acceleration, braking, turns, and following distance," the agreement said, adding that "as a condition of delivery packages for Amazon, you consent to the use of Technology." AMAZON INSTALLING CAMERAS IN SOME WAREHOUSES TO ENSURE SOCIAL DISTANCING AMONG WORKERS In February, Amazon, which employs 75,000 drivers, installed cameras, which were powered by AI, in all of its delivery vehicles. The lens would catch workers yawning, not wearing their seat belt, or dozing off, and the system would issue "automated verbal alerts" to correct the behavior. A delivery driver earlier in the week called the process both a "privacy violation and a breach of trust" when he quit the company over the cameras. An owner of an Amazon delivery facility told Vice that one of his drivers refused to sign the consent form. Bonus Amazon Story from the MAIL Posted by: Besoeker 2021-03-24 |
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