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All of these considerations tend towards requiring massively greater transparency in such systems — in accordance with WeCount's aims towards creating inclusive data ecosystems. Systems should be not only be much more accountable for the data which they require from citizens, but also for the use they make of such data. It should be possible to trace the use of one's disclosed data, the purposes to which it has been put and, if necessary, to revoke its use by the corporation. In the particular context of hiring systems, it should be possible to discover how personal data has been schematized by the system, as well as to trace how differently schematized individuals will be treated differently by the system. Without this, it is extremely likely that inequitable and harmful outcomes will result, often in ways that are opaque to all of those involved.
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