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Juzgado CATyRC No 4 CABA (collective amparo, O.D.I.A.) — City of Buenos Aires — Fugitive Facial Recognition System (SRFP)
September 7, 2022 · Argentina
A Buenos Aires city court ruled the Fugitive Facial Recognition System unconstitutional in the O.D.I.A. collective amparo, conditioning any future use on a prior data-protection impact assessment and citizen participation; the system had run since 2019 without safeguards.
Key takeaway — how to prevent this
Biometric data (faces, iris, fingerprints) needs an explicit lawful basis or consent. Scraping or capturing it without one is unlawful across the EU/UK and many US states (e.g. Illinois BIPA) — and draws the largest fines.
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