On: Retail stores use Bluetooth beacons to track custo...

[jsemrau]

I work in credit scoring and you should be afraid of what you will not be eligible / priced systematically for in the future.

What will employers find when they use this for background checks? If you regularly buy alcohol a drinks_alcohol flag could be set or a health_indicator could increase.

[peteretep → jsemrau]

This feels like it should be better dealt with via legislation. Already sounds like health data, which is legislated to high-heaven in the US, and also sounds like the juiciest ever GDPR suit waiting to happen in the EU.

[jsemrau → peteretep]

Well the example was now around health data, but you can easily make up other more innocuous examples that will discriminate enough to give you a disadvantage.

[peteretep → jsemrau]

But the more innocuous, the less I care...

[prirun → peteretep]

Health data may be legislated to high heaven, but it's easy to get around: they can give it to "partners", in other words, anyone they want.

[ourlordcaffeine → jsemrau]

I feel like this could also be used in the hiring process to discriminate against women who are pregnant or are trying for a baby