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Help strengthen worker-centred data rights in practice

Digital systems increasingly shape how people access work, are evaluated and earn a living. Yet many workers have limited visibility into what data is collected about them, how it is used, and how digital systems influence decisions about their work.

Data Safety Alliance works with platform and digital labour workers in Nairobi, including ride-hailing drivers, delivery riders, content moderators and data annotators/labellers, to help make data rights understandable and usable in practice.

We are looking for partners who can help us deepen the Nairobi Worker Data Rights Pilot, strengthen our evidence and build the foundations for responsible long-term growth.

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Data Safety Alliance Partnership
Grounded worker community engagement
Specialist data protection guidance
Evidence-first pilot learning
RATIONALE & MISSION

Why Partner With DSA?

Workers are central to today's platform economy and AI supply chains, but their experiences are still often missing from conversations about data governance, responsible technology and artificial intelligence. DSA brings together lived worker experience, data protection practice and community-based engagement to explore a practical question:

“How can workers use data rights to better understand and challenge the digital systems governing their livelihoods?”

Our focus is not rapid expansion. Our priority is to learn what works in Nairobi, document the evidence and grow responsibly.

CURRENT PRIORITY

The Nairobi Worker Data Rights Pilot

Through the Nairobi pilot, DSA is working directly with workers through:

Data Literacy & Worker Rights

Practical education helping workers understand personal data, digital systems and their rights.

Community Sensitisation

Small-group and community-based conversations grounded in workers' lived experiences.

Subject Access Request Guidance

Practical support for workers seeking to understand or access information held about them.

Worker Experience Documentation

Capturing recurring concerns, barriers and experiences emerging from platform and digital labour.

Research & Learning

Learning from what happens when workers attempt to exercise their data rights in practice.

The next phase of the pilot is about strengthening this work and developing clearer evidence about the barriers workers face and what meaningful worker-centred data rights look like in practice.

COLLABORATIVE IMPACT

What Partnership Can Support

Targeted areas where collaborative resources and expertise help anchor long-term worker empowerment.

Area 01

01 — Worker Data Rights Education

Help us reach more workers with practical knowledge about personal data, biometric data, algorithmic management and the rights available to them.

“We want workers not only to know that rights exist, but to know how to use them.”
Area 02

02 — Practical Data Access Support

Strengthen the guidance and systems needed to help workers exercise their rights, including support around Subject Access Requests and understanding information returned by companies.

Direct support systems demystifying corporate data responses.
Area 03

03 — Research & Learning

Support responsible documentation and research into worker data, digital labour, algorithmic management and lessons emerging from the Nairobi pilot.

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Area 04

04 — Legal & Data Protection Expertise

Contribute specialist knowledge where worker cases raise complex questions around privacy, data protection, AI governance or platform accountability.

Specialist legal and regulatory interpretation in local contexts.
Area 05

05 — Safeguarding & Organisational Capacity

Help strengthen the secure systems, privacy practices, safeguarding processes and organisational infrastructure required to work responsibly with workers and their information.

Worker trust is fundamental to this work.
PARTNERSHIP ECOSYSTEM

Who We Want to Work With

We welcome partnerships with organisations working across worker rights, data protection, digital labour, technology governance and responsible AI.

Funders & Philanthropic Organisations

Catalytic support for grounded pilot learning

Worker & Community Organisations

Grassroots networks and labor advocates

Civil Society & Digital Rights Organisations

Human rights and digital justice initiatives

Universities & Researchers

Academic research and empirical study

Data Protection & Legal Professionals

Specialists in privacy and compliance

Responsible Technology & AI Governance Organisations

Ethical AI and platform accountability groups

Partnership does not have to mean funding alone.

It may involve expertise, research collaboration, technical support, community access, institutional learning or financial support.

OUR FOUNDATION

What DSA Brings to a Partnership

DSA is a young organisation, and we believe it is important to communicate that openly. We are building from direct engagement with workers rather than beginning with a predetermined programme or technology solution.

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Worker-Centred

We begin with the experiences and concerns workers themselves identify.

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Practical

We focus on helping workers understand and exercise rights, not simply explaining that those rights exist.

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Grounded in Lived Experience

DSA's work is informed by direct experience of digital labour alongside professional data protection knowledge.

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Learning-Oriented

We are building evidence carefully and are prepared to learn from what works and what does not.

OUR DIRECTION

Building Before Scaling

We believe responsible growth should follow evidence.
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01 — Deepen the Nairobi Pilot

Work consistently with workers and strengthen the support currently being provided.

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02 — Document Worker Experiences and Outcomes

Build clearer evidence about what happens when workers attempt to exercise their data rights.

03

03 — Understand What the Model Requires

Identify the expertise, resources, safeguards and systems necessary to do this work responsibly.

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04 — Strengthen DSA's Foundation

Build the organisational capacity needed to sustain high-quality, worker-centred work.

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05 — Explore Replication When Evidence Supports It

Consider adaptation or expansion only after learning what works and what does not.

“We are not trying to grow as quickly as possible. We are trying to build an approach to worker data rights that is useful, responsible and strong enough to grow.”
GET IN TOUCH

Start a Conversation

If your work intersects with worker rights, data protection, digital labour, platform accountability, responsible AI or technology governance, we would be glad to explore where our work connects.

You do not need to arrive with a fully developed partnership proposal.

Tell us what you are working on, what you would like to contribute or learn, and where you see potential alignment.

Interested in partnering with DSA?

Let's explore what we can build together.

For partnership, research and funding enquiries. Or email us directly: partnerships@datasafetyalliance.org