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A representative of Mastercard speaks about citizen centric urban services at Smart City Expo World Congress in Barcelona, 15 November 2016, Manu Fernandez/AP Images for Mastercard

Surveilling smart cities

Smart technologies can improve a city’s living conditions. But what will that do to your privacy?

A representative of Mastercard speaks about citizen centric urban services at Smart City Expo World Congress in Barcelona, 15 November 2016, Manu Fernandez/AP Images for Mastercard

Surveilling smart cities

Smart technologies can improve a city’s living conditions. But what will that do to your privacy?

Voters using an electronic voting system on 3 November 2015, in Columbus, Ohio, AP Photo/John Minchillo

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.

Plastic weapons hang from the walls of an internet cafe in the town of Ayutla de los Libres, in the Costa Chica (small coast) region of the southern state of Guerrero, 26 January 2013, REUTERS/Camilo Martinez

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.

Plastic weapons hang from the walls of an internet cafe in the town of Ayutla de los Libres, in the Costa Chica (small coast) region of the southern state of Guerrero, 26 January 2013, REUTERS/Camilo Martinez

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.

Derechos Digitales

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.

Link to: Peru invests US$22 million to spy on its citizens

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.

Link to: Necessary and proportional: 10 ways to make digital security policies respect human rights

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.