Judge declares Buenos Aires’ Fugitive Facial Recognition System Unconstitutional

Maria Badillo

On September 7, a trial judge declared the implementation of the Fugitive Facial Recognition System (SRFP, for its name in Spanish) by the Government of the City of Buenos Aires unconstitutional. The decision set an important precedent for risks associated with privacy and intimacy in public spaces in the context of public surveillance for law enforcement purposes. Remarkably, this is also one of the very few known judicial decisions in the global privacy space that clearly looks at the rights to privacy, intimacy and data protection as rights having collective relevance rather than merely individual rights. The decision revealed multiple violations of individuals’ privacy, and instances of abuse of authority by system operators.

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