Articles by Derechos Digitales
Surveilling smart cities
Smart technologies can improve a city’s living conditions. But what will that do to your privacy?
Surveilling smart cities
Smart technologies can improve a city’s living conditions. But what will that do to your privacy?
Electronic voting: Not an improvement for democracy
The implementation of electronic voting systems involves giving up a key aspect of democracy: citizen control over the electoral process.
Mexicans at 2016 IGF denounce human rights violations
Surveillance malware, almost 100 journalists killed, torture, widespread violence against women. That’s the reality for many Mexicans. A reality that civil society is no longer accepting.
Mexicans at 2016 IGF denounce human rights violations
Surveillance malware, almost 100 journalists killed, torture, widespread violence against women. That’s the reality for many Mexicans. A reality that civil society is no longer accepting.
State of Privacy in Chile: Future (im)perfect
In Chile, the protection of private life, private communications, and the sanctity of home lay the foundation that, in principle, provides individuals with sufficient protections from the abuse of both State and private actors.
Peru invests US$22 million to spy on its citizens
Examining Latin America’s growing enthusiasm for investing in surveillance…and its lackadaisical privacy legislation.
Necessary and proportional: 10 ways to make digital security policies respect human rights
Civil society groups argue that it’s time for a shift in the discourse toward a human-centred policy implemented in accordance with international human rights standards.