Great news: the Dutch government has decided not to appeal the judgment in the #SyRI case, which found that a risk-scoring #algorithm used by NL authorities to detect potential welfare fraud violated the right to #privacy: https://bit.ly/2zspodd ">https://bit.ly/2zspodd&q...

"I have studied the judgment and ... decided not to appeal against it. The court underscored the importance of combating fraud & the use of new technologies to that end + emphasised that social security is one of the pillars of Dutch society." - State Secretary for Social Affairs

Read the case study on the #SyRI case and the work @PILPNJCM @burgerrechten did with their partners on the DFF website: https://digitalfreedomfund.org/case-studies/ 

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Vigilance remains necessary, however, as the State Secretary indicated wanting to develop a new instrument. Also see this thread by @cpjvanveen who worked with @Alston_UNSR to submit an amicus brief in the case https://twitter.com/cpjvanveen/status/1253276103600476160?s=20">https://twitter.com/cpjvanvee...