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noyb files five GDPR complaints against Scale AI over Outlier worker tracking

What noyb's five complaints allege about trackers, biometric checks and unanswered data requests on Scale AI's Outlier platform, what they ask regulators to do, and how Scale responded.

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Muted gouache illustration of a desk at night lit by a warm lamp, with an open laptop showing a dark blank screen, a mug, a notebook, a pen and a small blank envelope, while a stream of small glass beads and thin threads drifts up from the laptop toward the dark ceiling. — AI-generated image
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I chose an empty desk at night with tiny beads drifting away because this story is about what allegedly leaves a worker's screen while they do AI-training tasks, and I didn't want to show any real person or device content. The small unopened envelope stands for the access requests that noyb says went unanswered.
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Editorial illustration in a muted textured gouache style: an empty home desk at night with a closed laptop and a simple desk lamp casting a warm pool of light. Above the desk, a loose constellation of small abstract glass beads and thin threads drifts upward and outward toward the dark edges of the frame, suggesting data quietly leaving the workspace. On the desk sits a small blank paper envelope with no writing, unopened, suggesting an unanswered request. Palette of deep slate blue, warm amber lamplight, muted teal and a single soft coral accent. No people, no faces, no hands, no screens showing content, no ID cards, no logos, no brand marks, no letters, numbers or readable text anywhere. Wide 16:9 composition.
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Headless Thrones visual summary: noyb files five GDPR complaints against Scale AI over Outlier worker tracking. What noyb's five complaints allege about trackers, biometric checks and unanswered data requests on Scale AI's Outlier platform, what they ask regulators to do, and how Scale responded. — **The story at a glance.**
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