Consumer Watchdog released a report spotlighting the profiling flaws of algorithms and submitted a letter this week to the state privacy agency outlining how new state regulations can be drawn to stop them.
The report, “Unseen Hand: How Automatic Decision-making Breeds Discrimination and What Can Be Done About It,” details the ways in which automated decision-making disproportionally denies people of color, females, religious groups, the disabled, and low-income people access to essential services such as mortgages, jobs and education.
View the report here.
