News From 2037: Women Fired As Her Wearable Indicated Pregnancy Won Court Battle Against Her Employer

A short story about wearable sensors, predictive algorithms and their potential ethical consequences. 35-year-old Susanne Wolfort won a historic court battle against Japanese Shinsai Motors Corporation Monday, as the Court of Appeals in California approved her claim of $18 million compensating for her losses since the company fired her based on changes in her GoSportsLive wearable patch data indicating her pregnancy far earlier as she planned to announce it to Shinsai’s San Francisco, California-based HR department. The court raised the initial sum from $15 million to $18 million as compensation for the damage in Mrs. Wolfort’s reputation as Shinsai had argued they let her go out of incompetence. The final judgment puts an end to a 5-year-long, acrimonious battle. End of a long legal battle around pregnancy and technology The Court of Appeals in California was full of gazing eyes as smiling Susanne Wolfort marched off the stairs of the courthouse surrounded by her lawyers, her husband, and her little daughter, Lora. The little cutie, having celebrated her fifth birthday a short while ago, enjoyed the spotlight without knowing that her pure existence brought the court battle upon her mother. „It was an excruciatingly long fight and the process did not spare the most intimate biological details of my life. So, I’m just happy it’s finally over and the court saved the last bits of a woman’s privacy”, said Wolfort, whose case is a mile-stone precedent for many simi...
Source: The Medical Futurist - Category: Information Technology Authors: Tags: Medical Science Fiction data privacy digital health future pregnancy scifi short story wearable Source Type: blogs