Profiling and discrimination. A survey published in The world this Monday 4 December demonstrates that the algorithm of the family allowance funds (CAF) tracks and above all favors the control of the most precarious profiles.
Abusive controls due to a specific tool: the data extractionor data mining. Today, for the CAF algorithm, the most checked files are those that include a “ risk score », calculated according to personal criteria.
Being a single mother and/or receiving AAH constitutes a risk profile
These criteria include having a child over the age of 12 in the family, declaring one’s resources quarterly for disabled adult allowance (AAH), or being widowed, divorced or separated, having a income inferior at 942 euros per month for a single person.
Therefore, these criteria, resulting from personal datawhich for some of them they are discriminatoryallows the algorithm to attribute a fraud risk to CAF beneficiaries, using a score between 0 and 1.
The higher this score, the higher the risk of having a home inspection.. So, second The squaring of the network, this algorithm mainly targets poorer people. And for good reason: the data extraction has become the first trigger for home checks.
According to the National Fund for Family Benefits, these checks are based only on statistics
Checks undergone Julietsingle mother RSA beneficiary, who testified in The world. This has become a “risky” file for the organization. Divorced for five years, without food, lives alone with her youngest child, 14 years old, has been a member of the CAF for more than five years and oscillates between work and inactivity. Which makes her a “suspicious” profile for the organization. It is checked in February 2023.
Contacted by The world, the National Family Allowance Fund (CNAF) rejects accusations of discriminatory control and assures that it is based only on statistics. This is particularly due toa “proven impact on the risk of errors” who controls more single parents, who, In eight out of ten cases concern womenit reminds us of everyday life.
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