联合王国扩大了对受益人银行账户的自动监测,引起隐私和准确性方面的关切。 UK expands automated monitoring of benefit recipients' bank accounts, sparking privacy and accuracy concerns.

联合王国政府正在扩大《多哈工作方案》的权力,通过自动系统监测受益人的银行账户,以养恤金信贷、普遍信贷和就业支助津贴为目标。 The UK government is expanding the DWP’s powers to monitor bank accounts of benefit recipients through automated systems, targeting Pension Credit, Universal Credit, and Employment Support Allowance. 新的立法允许金融机构在索赔人超过储蓄限额时提出报告,从而能够进行算法驱动的调查。 New legislation allows financial institutions to report when claimants exceed savings limits, enabling algorithm-driven investigations. 批评者,包括残疾人和民权团体,警告该系统,由于正常的金融活动,有可能错误地向弱势人群(如老年人、残疾人和低收入索偿者)示警,从而导致危难、侵犯隐私和可能丧失福利。 Critics, including disability and civil rights groups, warn the system risks wrongly flagging vulnerable people—such as the elderly, disabled, and low-income claimants—due to normal financial activity, leading to distress, privacy violations, and potential loss of benefits. 虽然《多哈工作方案》坚持认为,人类决策者将监督所有案件,不会出现直接账户准入,但反对者则认为,这些措施过于宽泛,容易出错,并可能损害信任。 While the DWP insists human decision-makers will oversee all cases and no direct account access will occur, opponents argue the measures are overly broad, prone to error, and could erode trust. 这项预计将在五年内节省15亿英镑的法案正在议会审查之中。 The bill, projected to save £1.5 billion over five years, is under parliamentary review.