California eyes law to protect workers from digital surveillance

The California State Assembly is considering new rules that would offer workers greater protection from the use of digital monitoring tools by employers.The “Workplace Technology Accountability Act” (AB 1651), introduced by Assemblymember Ash Kalra, would create a way to protect workers against the use of technologies that can negatively affect privacy and wellbeing.The bill would “establish much needed, yet reasonable, limitations on how employers use data-driven technology a