Udbetaling Danmark welfare payments optimisation
Released: January 2016
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Udbetaling Danmark's welfare fraud control system, initially created to profile unemployed citizens, have access to the personal data of citizens who do not receive welfare payments, leading legal, civil rights and privacy advocates to complain of a 'surveillance nightmare'.
System
Ministry of Industry, Business and Financial Affairs (2021). Towards a better social contract with big tech (pdf)
Legal, regulatory
Research, advocacy
Jørgensen R.F. (2021). Data and rights in the digital welfare state: the case of Denmark
Madsen C.Ø., Lindgren I., Melin U. (2021). The accidental caseworker – How digital self-service influences citizens' administrative burden
Choroszewicz M., Mäihäniemi B. (2020). Developing a Digital Welfare State: Data Protection and the Use of Automated Decision-Making in the Public Sector across Six EU Countries
AlgorithmWatch (2020). In a quest to optimize welfare management, Denmark built a surveillance behemoth
DataEthics (2019). Is The Scandinavian Digitalisation Breeding Ground For Social Welfare Surveillance?
Justitia (2019). Udebetaling Danmarks systematiske overvågning (pdf)
Mploy (2017). Evaluering af projekt ”Samtaler og indsats der modvirker langtidsledighed” (pdf)
Ministry of Industry, Business and Financial Affairs (2021). Towards a better social contract with big tech (pdf)
News, commentary, analysis
https://www.wired.com/story/algorithms-welfare-state-politics/
https://www.information.dk/telegram/2012/03/kommuner-advarer-milliontab-ved-stordrift
https://politiken.dk/viden/Tech/art7202917/Algoritmer-skal-udpege-langtidsledige
https://fagbladet3f.dk/artikel/ny-lov-om-udpegning-af-ledige-er-muligvis-ulovlig
https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/indland/400-sager-venter-computerprogrammer-afsloerer-barselsfup
Page info
Type: Incident
Published: March 2023