And “because these algorithms are secret,” they added, “ ... it is impossible for job candidates to know how their personal data is being used or to consent to such uses.”The FTC declined to comment. In January, Illinois will enact a law forcing employers to tell job applicants and regulators how their AI video-interview systems work. ADEPIC urged the FTC to halt HireVue’s automatic scoring of job candidates and make public the algorithms and criteria used in analyzing people’s behavior. ADHireVue advertises that its technology does not use “facial recognition technology” because its systems do not attempt to identify people. HireVue violated those principles, EPIC said, because its algorithmic assessments can’t be evaluated or “meaningfully challenged” by the job candidates they’ve assessed.

Source: Washington Post November 06, 2019 16:50 UTC