The UK Data Act increases the barriers to getting your personal data and lets companies delay or obstruct subject access requests.

This significantly impacts gig workers.

The ability to access their data is often the only way to understand why their supplier agreement might have been terminated and challenge it.

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Gig workers for platforms like Deliveroo or Uber are managed by algorithm, which has resulted robo-firing.

The UK Data Act makes it easier for employers to use automated decision-making.

This could worsen workers rights, as the burden to challenge a decision falls on the individual, not the company.

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The UK Data Act guts the right not to be subject to automated decision-making.

We've seen cases in recruitment of marginalised groups being negatively impacted by AI that's trained on biased data.

Workers could face greater discrimination, as they're disempowered against employers' decisions to use these tools irresponsibly.

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Passing the responsibility for fair working conditions from multi-billion £ companies to workers is clearly unfair.

We need a strong, rights based framework to favour the responsible development and use of AI.

We need the Information Commissioner's Office to step up and address the imbalance of power created by the UK Data Act.

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