Smart home devices used to monitor domestic workers raise safety concerns

An HR Trade Group Says California’s Anti-Surveillance Bill Goes Too Far. Here’s Why

California legislators want to address the security and privacy risks of increased workplace surveillance, but human resource experts call the proposed law flawed.

Smart home devices used to monitor domestic workers raise safety concerns

The growing use of smart home devices is undermining the privacy and safety of domestic workers. New research from King's College London reveals how surveillance technologies reinforce a sense of constant monitoring and control by domestic workers' employers, increasing their vulnerability and impacting their mental well-being.

'Interaction' Trailer Teases One Housekeeper's Spiral Into Violence

Constant surveillance is a major anxiety-inducing concern in a world obsessed with technology and recording everything around us. In his new film Interaction, director Dallas Hallam channels that fear in a story about an obsessive housekeeper who loves to record the lives of her clients… In the new indie thriller, “The voyeuristic obsession of a lonely housekeeper, who records the lives of her clients, leads to a violent connection with a troubl…