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Neurotechnology and AI are entering the workplace. Sensors embedded in helmets and headsets can measure brain activity to detect fatigue, attention levels, or stress. In the Health, Safety and Environment ('HSE') sector, this promises clear benefits: fewer accidents and injuries. Such innovation could, quite literally, save lives.
However, the same neural signals that are used to protect employees can also expose them. What if the signals reveal information about employees' mental health or simply reveal that they are not trying hard enough? When neural signals become workplace metrics, the line between safety enhancement and workplace surveillance begins to blur.
While the GDPR and Labour Laws, such as the Norwegian Working Environment Act, set guardrails against intrusions into employees’ (mental) privacy, the AI Act introduces a risk-based framework for governing the use of AI. This presentation examines the privacy challenges that this technology presents, taking into account the particular nature of employment relationships. Furthermore, it analyses the technology's classification and corresponding obligations under the AI Act.
