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Committee hears bill to ban certain invasive workplace surveillance and protect worker data
Summary
AB 1221 would restrict the use of biometric and algorithmic surveillance in workplaces, require notice to workers, and bar employers from sharing worker data for purposes beyond interpreting it. Labor and union witnesses urged passage; business groups raised implementation and scope concerns.
Assemblymember Bridal, the bill's author, told the committee that AB 1221 would prohibit "most unreliable and potentially discriminatory types of surveillance" and require notice, human oversight, and data protections when employers use invasive technologies. "AB 1221 creates a surveillance and data protection structure for transparency, worker protection, and prohibitions on abusive technologies," Assemblymember Bridal said.
The bill would bar employers from…
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