São Paulo Province (DPESP) Office of the Public Defendant Recommended to São Paulo city Do not use Sampa Samp face recognition resources to define people in the carnival blocks. The request sent on Friday 21 is based on a protocol of the United Nations (UN) on the use of technology in peaceful manifestations.
According to the agency referring to other biometric systems, the application can be “discriminatory and inconsistent with the guarantee of peaceful manifestations. The BM certificate states that such events should not be seen as a “surveillance opportunity için to intimidate or prevent participants.
In the letter, the use of facial recognition tools in DPESP, carnival and peaceful manifestations It should only be realized in exceptional cases that configure real risks and have a relevant justification.. An example may be a search for a participant during the block course.
Even in such cases, as the document emphasizes, it is necessary to follow a number of procedures to justify the action. In addition, there is a suggestion that all decisions related to the application are registered, transparent and controlable.
Will the city accept demand?
In a note sent to journalist Julia Duyilibi G1– The city of São Paulo said he would reject the request made by the agency. The municipal administration claims that it has received the demand in a strange way, as it acts as a safety tool for the technology population.
Since the output of Smart Sampa, the vehicle contributed to the arrest of 1,902 criminals in the Law and 719 justice smugglers, 143 of this February. The system also helped to find 41 losses.
In addition to protecting the technology operating 24 hours a day, including parade ceremonies, the carnival blocks in the city will open the “cisometer”. The panel will show the number of criminals detained with the help of the instrument in real time.
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Source: Tec Mundo

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