Tag: Brazil
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Made abroad, deployed at home: new report unpacks the shocking state of mass surveillance in Latin America
Leer en español / Ler em português. Today, August 9, Access Now, the Laboratory of Public Policy and Internet (LAPIN), Asociación por los Derechos Civiles (ADC), and LaLibre.net (Tecnologías Comunitarias) are illuminating the shadowy mass surveillance industry in Latin America. The…
8 August 2021
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Surveillance Tech in Latin America: Made Abroad, Deployed at Home
Leer en español / Ler em português Tools to identify, single out, and track us everywhere we go are inherently incompatible with our human rights and civil liberties. Unfortunately, many Latin American governments are eagerly purchasing this technology and ramping…
8 August 2021
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Privacy win for 350,000 people in São Paulo: court blocks facial recognition cameras in metro
Read in Spanish In a win for privacy, the Court of Justice of São Paulo blocks facial recognition on a public transport route. On May 7, judge Patrícia Martins ordered ViaQuatro, a concessionary of the São Paulo metro, not to…
12 May 2021
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Can we move beyond the AI hype to defend human rights?
Debunking AI myths may help us avoid blind techno-solutionism, to craft evidence-based public policy that supports AI uptake only when machine-learning systems are actually fit-for-purpose, and center and respect people and their rights.…
13 August 2020
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Brazil Congress moving forward disinformation bill that brings free expression and privacy harms to new levels
Brazilian senators are expected to vote this Thursday, June 25, on a bill aiming to curb the spread of misinformation that require ID registration to access and use social media in the country, among other dangerous provisions.…
22 June 2020
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“Please do not share”: Brazilian Supreme Federal Court rules in favor of privacy
On April 17, 2020, the Brazilian government promulgated Executive Order N° 954, which establishes a provisional measure mandating the sharing of data from telecommunication companies with the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE).…
14 May 2020
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Jueza ordena al Metro de São Paulo brindar información sobre el futuro sistema de reconocimiento facial
Un jueza concedió el pedido de seis organizaciones brasileñas que solicitaron más información sobre el nuevo sistema de monitoreo que empleará tecnología de reconocimiento facial en el Metro de São Paulo.…
13 February 2020
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Your data used against you: reports of manipulation on WhatsApp ahead of Brazil’s election
Ahead of presidential elections on Sunday, Brazil is experiencing a scandal involving misuse of data for political manipulation. How do we protect users’ rights and defend free democratic discourse?…
26 October 2018
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Brazil president approves data protection bill — but vetoes key accountability measures
President Temer signed Brazil’s first piece of data protection legislation into law — but only after vetoing important provisions aimed at holding data processors accountable and ensuring the law is effectively implemented.…
16 August 2018
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Data protection in Brazil: A promising bill to lead in Latin America
On May 29 the Lower House of the Brazilian Congress approved bill 4060/2012. If the proposed legislation passes the Senate, Brazil would be one of the first countries in Latin America to have a modern general data protection law.…
14 June 2018