Derechos Digitales

Founded in 2005, Derechos Digitales is a non-profit organisation based in Chile that works across Latin America. Its main objective is the development, defense and promotion of human rights in the digital environment. Its work focuses on issues around freedom of expression, privacy and personal data, and copyright and access to knowledge.

Website

http://www.derechosdigitales.org

Advocacy

The Right to Privacy in Brazilian Schools: Universal Periodic Review

PI's submission on the use of EdTech and the subsequent processing (collection, analysis, retention and sharing) of children and teacher’s data in Brazil at the 41st session of the UPR. See below for our concerns and recommendations

News & Analysis

Derechos Digitales publish a report on ID systems and social protection in Venezuela and Bolivia

This article was written by Jamila Venturini from Derechos Digitales. The original version (in Spanish) is available here. While at the international level there is a growing demand to ban the use of surveillance technologies until rigorous human rights standards are achieved, in Latin America we

Advocacy

Open Letter to Facebook and Google

Privacy International is part of a 60+ coalition calling on Facebook and Google to provide equal and better transparency regarding political advertising on their platforms globally.

Video

Why immunity passports aren't the key to lockdown

Podcast: Immunity Passports

This week we talk to a whole host of guests, including María Paz Canales - Executive Director of Derechos Digitales, about the issues with coronavirus immunity passports and whether the digital ID industry is capable of rising to the moment.

Peru's Covid-19 app still leaves more questions than answers

08 Jun 2020

It's been two months since the launch of "Perú en us manos", the mobile app promoted by the Peruvian government amidst the Covid-19 pandemic. Until now the app did not accomplish the ambitious goals it set out to. On its first month the app had detected 1400 risk zones while there where already 36

Derechos Digitales: Analysis of the Chilean Government app

16 Apr 2020

Our partners from Derechos Digitales analysed the Chilean Government App to respond to the Corona Virus, saying that it will likely be useless and infringing on existing privacy rights (in Spanish) Link: https://www.derechosdigitales.org/14387/coronapp-la-inutilidad-del-atajo-tecnologico-desplegado

Advocacy

Presentación de información a la Relatoría Especial de Derechos Económicos, Sociales, Culturales y Ambientales (DESCA) de la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH) sobre la situación de los DESCA en la región

PI y sus partners acogen el llamado de la Relatoría Especial de la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH) sobre la situación de los Derechos Económicos, Sociales, Culturales y Ambientales en la región.

Advocacy

Submission to the Special Rapporteurship on Economic, Social, Cultural and Environmental Rights (ESCER) of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) regarding the situation of ESCER in the region

PI and global partners respond to call of Special Rapporteur of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights on situation economic, social, cultural and environmental rights in the region.

News & Analysis

Vigilancia, control social e inequidad: la tecnología refuerza vulnerabilidades estructurales en América Latina

CC: BY (Kirill Sharkovski)-SA Este artículo fue escrito por Jamila Venturini, Coordinadora regional de Derechos Digitales. El artículo fue publicado por primera vez aquí. This article is available in English. La implementación de programas que condicionan el acceso a servicios básicos por medio de

News & Analysis

Surveillance and social control: how technology reinforces structural inequality in Latin America

Picture: CC: BY (Kirill Sharkovski)-SA This article was written by Jamila Venturini from Derechos Digitales. The original version (in Spanish) is available here. How implementing social protection programmes that condition access to basic services to state and private surveillance exacerbate the

Long Read

Data Privacy Week: Exposing Harms, Fighting Back

The Privacy International Network is celebrating Data Privacy Week, where we’ll be talking about how trends in surveillance and data exploitation are increasingly affecting our right to privacy. Join the conversation on Twitter using #dataprivacyweek. It is often communities who are already the most

State of Privacy

State of Privacy Chile

A study of privacy and surveillance issues in Chile. The State of Privacy project was last updated on January 2019, unless otherwise provided on specific pages.

Advocacy

El Derecho a la Privacidad en Chile

Este informe es presentado por Derechos Digitales, Ciudadano Inteligente, Fundación ProAcceso y Privacy International. Derechos Digitales es una organización no gubernamental de defensa, promoción y desarrollo de los derechos humanos en el entorno digital. Ciudadano Inteligente es una organización

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International Women's Day 2018 - A Day in the Life of Women, As Told by Their Data

To mark International Women’s Day 2018, Privacy International and some of our partner organisations - Datos Protegidos , Derechos Digitales , the National Coalition for Human Rights Defenders-Kenya , the Karisma Foundation , and the Foundation for Media Alternatives – are telling the stories of

News & Analysis

A day in the life of Maritza, a 57-year-old cis woman living in Caracas

Written by Derechos Digitales 03:00: Maritza wakes up and gets ready. It’s still dark. She has to go stand in a queue outside the nearest grocery store, where after several hours her fingerprint will be scanned to retrieve her personal information from a governmental database. This will tell the

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17 Privacy Wins From 2017!

To celebrate the hard work of privacy advocates around the world, we highlight 17 #PrivacyWins from 2017!

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Watching The Watchers: Accessing and Challenging Control Over Our Data

Privacy International is celebrating Data Privacy Week, where we’ll be talking about privacy and issues related to control, data protection, surveillance and identity. Join the conversation on Twitter using #dataprivacyweek. Exercising the right to privacy extends to the ability of accessing and

News & Analysis

We've come a long, long way together: building coalitions around the right to privacy

Photo: Flickr/Elvert Barnes. Some rights reserved. In the wider civil society space, the opportunities for travel come thick and fast. From the multi-stakeholder perspective, the Internet Governance Forum will be held during November in João Pessoa, Brazil. There is the Stockholm Internet Forum in

Reports and Analysis

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