AI training platform Outlier illegally surveils European platform workers

Privacy group noyb has filed five GDPR complaints against Scale AI, whose Outlier platform employs over 900,000 "freelance" workers training AI systems, alleging invasive tracking by third parties such as TikTok, LinkedIn, Facebook, Sprig and Datadog, forced biometric verification via Persona, and failure to answer access requests. The complaints were filed in France, Italy, the Netherlands and Austria as part of the AI-WORLD initiative led by Intérêt à Agir with DiPLab.