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The complaints say up to 19 trackers monitor workers, including by recording keystrokes and mouse movements every few seconds, according to the Reuters report. Separately, four workers requested copies of their personal data from Outlier between December 2025 and May 2026. However, these are mere allegations in the complaints, not findings announced by regulators.
European digital privacy advocacy group noyb has filed five complaints in France, Italy, the Netherlands and Austria against the company founded by Meta’s current chief AI officer and highest-paid employee, Alexandr Wang, according to a report by the news agency Reuters. None received an answer, according to the complaints. Scale AI’s Outlier faces complaints over alleged monitoring of freelancers. The complaints allege that the platform illegally tracks people who produce training data for artificial intelligence (AI)models. Workers must submit identification documents and a facial video to Persona, an identity verification company. The complaints allege that these checks were invasive, repeated without explanation, and breached European Union rules governing biometric data, which can identify people through physical characteristics.
“You don’t work when you want, ” Le Bonniec said. “You work when the platform wants you to and there are tasks available. Noyb’s request that regulators examine task allocation raises concerns about how the platform decides which work is available to freelancers.