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This bill, the Stop Spying Bosses Act, aims to prohibit or require disclosure of surveillance, monitoring, and collection of certain worker data by employers. The key provisions of the bill include: 1) Requiring employers to disclose to covered individuals (employees and applicants) details about any workplace surveillance, including what data is being collected, how it is collected, where and when it is collected, the frequency, storage location, business purposes, and any third parties or service providers involved. 2) Prohibiting employers from using workplace surveillance to identify or monitor workers who are involved with labor organizations, to ascertain political opinions or activities unrelated to job duties, to identify health conditions unrelated to job duties, or to monitor workers who report employer violations. 3) Prohibiting employers from using automated decision systems to predict worker behavior unrelated to their work, from monitoring workers in sensitive areas like bathrooms, and from selling or transferring worker data to third parties. 4) Establishing a Privacy and Technology Division within the Department of Labor to oversee and enforce the Act's provisions. 5) Providing covered individuals and labor organizations with a private right of action to sue for violations of the Act, and allowing state attorneys general and privacy regulators to also enforce the Act's protections.

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