Google settled with a contractor after racial profiling complaints

Google has settled a complaint of racial discrimination brought by a supplier who claims that the company failed to protect him so that he would not be "treated as a terrorist suspect" while he was not a "terrorist suspect". he worked for Google Maps, reports the newspaper. The Guardian.

The Guardian indicates that Google has canceled a contract offered to Ahmed Rashid (a pseudonym), after complaining of being a victim of racial harassment. Rashid, identified by the newspaper as a British citizen of Moroccan origin, told the newspaper that he was working as a third-party contractor to "surreptitiously collect information on the strength and range of Wi-Fi signals in individual shopping mall stores targeted ", which would allow users to use Google Maps with greater accuracy via WiFi signal, rather than GPS.

Rashid told the paper that he and his team would walk around the designated stores for a while, while the apps on their phones were gathering information. He added that they were not allowed to identify themselves to identify with store employees or to provide a piece of identification, and that, since he was the only "visibly Arab" member of the team, this practice made him a target for security and store staff. He says he was arrested in stores in England, France and Italy.

Although he reported incidents to Google and asked for a piece of ID, these "requests were ignored" and, after complaining of an incident that occurred in September 2017, the company terminated a new contract the same day. Google solved the problem by paying £ 4,000, but denied committing a wrongdoing. The Guardian claims that the terms of its regulations prohibit him from talking about the incident, but that he decided to speak after the recent Google Walkout. A co-worker corroborated Rashid's story, saying that the entire team had had the most problems and that "Google could have done more to help him".

In a statement to The Guardian, Google confirmed doing such research and said: "All employees and contractors receive clear instructions detailing their project and role, and they are asked to be forthright in the work they are working on. Google name. "