Algorithm investigations
Early 2020 we investigated how Swedish municipalities use decision making algorithms, for Algorithm Watch and Swedish weekly Dagens Samhälle. When looking into to country’s front-runner in automating welfare distribution, Trelleborg, we could reveal how the personal data of hundreds was wrongly made public.
Articles:
- Algorithm Watch: Central authorities slow to react as Sweden’s cities embrace automation of welfare management (English)
- DS: Känsliga uppgifter spreds via kod till biståndsrobot (Swedish)
- DS: Professor dömer ut socialtjänstrobot: ”Låter helt galet” (Swedish)
- DS: Därför finns personuppgifter i biståndsroboten (Swedish)
- DS: Trelleborg anmäler personuppgiftsläcka (Swedish)
- Blog: Så granskade vi Trelleborgs biståndsrobot (Swedish)
- Algorithm Watch
- April 2020
- Tools: Visual Studio
- + Central authorities slow to react as Sweden’s cities embrace automation of welfare management