Wellness Capitalism: Employee Health, the Benefits Maze, and Worker Control – Data & Society
This primer presents a brief history and critical analysis of employee health and wellness programs in the United States. These… read more
Colleges That Require Virus-Screening Tech Struggle to Say Whether It Works – NYTimes
The University of Idaho is one of hundreds of colleges and universities that adopted fever scanners, symptom checkers, wearable heart-rate… read more
Data Broker Veraset Gave Bulk Device-Level GPS Data to DC Government – EFF
This is far from the only instance of data sharing between private location data brokers and government agencies. Reports at… read more
The Surveilled Student – The Chronicle of Higher Education
The pandemic has prompted many colleges to quickly roll out surveillance tools that could help limit the spread of the… read more
Hot New COVID Tech Is Wearable and Constantly Tracks You – NYT via Yahoo! News
Civil rights and privacy experts warn that the spread of such wearable continuous-monitoring devices could lead to new forms of… read more
The Pandemic Is No Excuse to Surveil Students
Tufekci, Z. (2020, September 4). The pandemic is no excuse to surveil students. The Atlantic. https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2020/09/pandemic-no-excuse-colleges-surveil-students/616015/
Coronavirus opens door to workplace surveillance – Politico
Privacy advocates warn of a slippery slope toward “normalizing” new levels of employer surveillance. Ravindranath, M. (2020, June 26). Coronavirus… read more
Brown U first to require use of Alphabet Verily app – Fast Company
Fast Company reports that Brown University will require employees to use Alphabet (Google) Inc. subsidiary Verily’s “Healthy at Work” app…. read more