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Tech Worker Rights: Know Your Data Rights in California
Employers are notorious for collecting data about workers without much transparency about what is collected and how this information is used. Workers and researchers have highlighted examples of how data collected by employers could impact access to work; wages and benefits; health and safety; discipline and retaliation; and so much… Read More
To Colorado Lawmakers: Strengthen the Colorado AI Act
Algorithms are increasingly determining things like where we live, how we work, and who gets arrested. These are highly consequential decisions that are being automated at a massive scale. But these algorithms have bias hard-coded into them—from the code itself to the data these algorithms are… Read More
TechEquity Wrapped: A year of advocacy
You may or may not have enjoyed Spotify Wrapped’s AI-generated podcast recapping your year in music. You definitely didn’t receive a Sound City this year. But never fear: TechEquity is here to recount what’s being done around the labor, housing, and AI, including issues tied to these… Read More
California workers: What you need to know about your layoff rights
After almost a decade of kombucha bars and ball pits, the surface-level view of what it means to work in tech has changed drastically—especially with the past three years of intense layoffs. A career that seemed like a sure bet for financial security is now rife with… Read More
AI + Housing: How AI-powered tenant screening hurts renters – Recording
https://techequity.us/2024/12/06/ai-housing-how-ai-powered-tenant-screening-hurts-renters-recording/
Automated tenant screening is already widespread, disproportionately impacting low-income and other vulnerable renters. We need to stop housing AI from deepening racial and economic inequities in the housing market. New original research from TechEquity explores how landlords use automated tenant screening tech to screen renters in California—and how these opaque algorithms… Read More
Is your rent too high? Lets find out.
Millions of California renters are eligible for local rent control and/or statewide rent stabilization under the Tenant Protection Act of 2019 (AB 1482). But between inadequate documentation and complicated calculations, how can you know what protections you’re covered by? That’s why we developed the most comprehensive anti-gouging rent… Read More
To the California Privacy Protection Agency: Workers and renters need transparency in the tech making decisions about them
AI is currently making decisions that impact every facet of people’s lives, from workplaces to hospitals to homes. We know that Automated Decision-Making Technologies (ADMTs), though already widely deployed across sectors, can be rife with bias and hard-coded discrimination. Moreover, this tech often operates as a black box with… Read More
To the California Civil Rights Council: Update Worker Protections for the Age of AI
The Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) prevents discrimination and harassment in employment and housing based on protected characteristics like race, sex, and disability. But how do you know that you’re being discriminated against when a black-box algorithm is making the decisions in your workplace? This is an increasingly… Read More
AI + Housing: How AI-powered tenant screening hurts renters
Automated tenant screening is already widespread, disproportionately impacting low-income and other vulnerable renters. We need to stop housing AI from deepening racial and economic inequities in the housing market. New original research from TechEquity explores how landlords use automated tenant screening tech to screen renters in California—and how these… Read More
AI Bills by the Numbers – The 2024 California Legislative Session
A lot happened in the California Legislature this year, especially on the hot-button issue of AI. Throughout 2024, our Advocacy team tracked more than 60 AI bills as they made their way through the legislative process. Read our blog AI, the California Legislature, & the will of the Governor… Read More