Publications by Type: European Centre reports

2025

Comparative Report. GDPoweR – Recovering workers’ data to negotiate and monitor collective agreements in the platform economy

European Centre reports

This report compares collective bargaining in the platform economy (ride-hailing, food-delivery) and the collection and use of worker data by companies across Austria, Belgium, France, Poland and Spain. As methodological innovation, data collected by workers through GDPR requests is used to analyse platforms' processing of workers' personal data as well as to monitor the implementation of collective agreements.

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GDPoweR Country Report France

European Centre reports

This report presents the findings of the GDPoweR research project conducted in France. The project investigates the potential of data rights as a lever for strengthening collective bargaining and labour protections within the platform economy, particularly for front-line workers.

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GDPoweR Country Report Belgium

European Centre reports

This Country Report explores how platform workers’ data can be recovered and used to support collective bargaining and monitor the implementation of agreements in the platform economy in Belgium.

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GDPoweR Country Report Poland

European Centre reports

This report presents the findings of the Polish case study within the European research project GDPoweR – Recovering workers’ data to negotiate and monitor collective agreements in the platform economy. It analyses platform work in the ride-hailing and food delivery sectors, focusing on three interconnected areas: the regulatory context and characteristics of platform work, collective bargaining dynamics, and the collection and use of workers’ data by digital labour platforms.

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GDPoweR Country Report Spain

European Centre reports

This report is the result of research conducted in Spain as part of the GDPoweR project, the aim of which is to recover and use personal data collected by food delivery and ride-hailing platforms on their workers in order to verify the degree of implementation of collective agreements on these types of platforms and thus improve industrial relations in this sector.

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