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Re:We replaced rental brokers with software and filled 200 v... by IanCal on Thursday July 08, 2021 @04:22PM (#27777120)
This is why there are or are incoming (long time since I've looked at the details) rules in the EU about fully automated decision making.

It may not have covered this example, but it's a good reminder of the reasons why this kind of legislation exists.

https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/law-topic/data-protection/refo...

(edit - grammar)

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Re:We replaced rental brokers with software and filled 200 v... by flipbrad on Thursday July 08, 2021 @07:22PM (#27778817)
The EU and UK GDPRs have these rules. In fact, they were in earlier data protection law as well.

Even if you don't understand or can't use (to your advantage) the rule on automated decision-making, you can still insist that data processing be "fair" - fairness is one of the fundamental rules of EU and UK data protection law, including in the current EU and UK GDPRs. Learn your rights!!

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