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Access Now and a coalition of 12 local and international organizations are calling on authorities in Jamaica to ensure human rights are at the center of a controversial new digital ID bill.

El 2020 inició con el escándalo de la Unidad Presidencial de Análisis de Datos que incluía  datos “confidenciales”/ ”sensibles” y terminó con la instalación de 195 cámaras de reconocimiento facial en Alajuela y un proyecto de ley que autoriza la comercialización de datos biométricos ¿Qué está pasando en Costa Rica? ¿Qué podemos esperar para este 2021?

Buenos Aires, Brasilia, and Uruguay are pushing for use of facial recognition systems for “public security,” seeking to authorize the invasive and harmful use of mass surveillance tools. Civil society must fight back.

This nomination has serious implications, not only for how Brazil’s data protection law will be implemented, but also for any adequacy determination, the advancement of global data protection standards, and the guarantee of independence of the data protection authority. 

As AI-powered facial recognition systems are deployed around the world, it is imperative to ensure they do not facilitate human rights violations, especially of people and communities already at risk.

Lawmakers in Brazil are advancing a dangerous misinformation bill that is scheduled for a vote on 25 June. Our coalition is calling on legislators to reject the bill.