Facial Recognition System in Buenos Aires Triggers Police Checks Based on False Matches
Description
Buenos Aires's facial recognition system mistakenly flagged innocent people as criminals, leading to wrongful stops and detentions. Judicial investigations indicate the technology may have been misused for unauthorized surveillance and data collection. Despite privacy risks, the system has been used widely without full disclosure of standards or safeguards,
Actors
Alleged Deployers
- government-of-buenos-aires
- government-of-argentina
- argentinean-ministry-of-security
- law-enforcement
- facial-recognition-system-deployers
- national-security-and-intelligence-stakeholders
Alleged Developers
- surveillance-technology-developers
- government-of-argentina
- facial-recognition-system-developers
Harmed Parties
- privacy
- guillermo-ibarrola
- general-public-of-argentina
- general-public
- buenos-aires-residents
- biometric-data-subjects
Classification
Risk Domain
AI Safety & FailuresRisk Subdomain
7.3. Lack of capability or robustness
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