← home / Tools / SyRI system (state risk indication engine)⚙● toolSyRI system (state risk indication engine)Practices that use itSyRI (Systeem Risico Indicatie)State system for detecting social benefits fraud that since 2014 cross-referenced personal data from multiple databases (municipalities, UWV, the tax authority, Social Affairs) with a hidden algorithmic risk model to flag 'unlikely profiles'. It was applied mainly in low-income and minority neighborhoods. A civil rights coalition led by Platform Bescherming Burgerrechten sued it ('Bij Voorbaat Verdacht' campaign). On February 5, 2020 the court of The Hague ordered it to be halted for violating art. 8 of the ECHR, due to lack of transparency and insufficient safeguards.● Discontinued· scale national
