Latin America

Our Advocacy

Advocacy

Disinformation in electoral contexts - engagement with the InterAmerican Commission of Human Rights

consultation cover

Advocacy

Submission on Argentina's Draft Law on the Protection of Personal Data, 2018

PI Argentina DP bill_image

Advocacy

El Derecho a la Privacidad en Chile

Chile_EPU_cover

Advocacy

The Right to Privacy in the United Mexican States

The Right to Privacy in the United Mexican States

Advocacy

No Presten Atención al Hombre Detrás de la Cortina: Exponiendo y Desafiando a los Gobiernos que Recurren al Hackeo para Fines de Vigilancia

No Presten Atención al Hombre Detrás de la Cortina: Exponiendo y Desafiando a los Gobiernos que Recurren al Hackeo para Fines de Vigilancia

Advocacy

Pay No Attention To That Man Behind the Curtain: Exposing and Challenging Government Hacking for Surveillance

Pay No Attention to That Man Behind the Curtain: Exposing and Challenging Government Hacking for Surveillance

Advocacy

El Derecho a la Privacidad en los Estados Unidos Mexicanos

El Derecho a la Privacidad en los Estados Unidos Mexicanos

Advocacy

El derecho a la intimidad en Colombia

El derecho a la intimidad en Colombia

Advocacy

The Right to Privacy in Colombia

The Right to Privacy in Colombia

Advocacy

El Derecho A La Privacidad En Argentina

El Derecho A La Privacidad En Argentina

Advocacy

What Policy Makers Can Learn About Cyber Security From Thornsec

What policymakers can learn about cyber security from Thornsec

Advocacy

Letter And Briefing On The Human Rights Implications Of Reported Mexican Government Hacking Targeting Civil Society

Letter And Briefing On The Human Rights Implications Of Reported Mexican Government Hacking Targeting Civil Society

Advocacy

The Right to Privacy in Argentina: UPR 28th Session

The Right to Privacy in Argentina: UPR 28th Session

Advocacy

Submission In Advance Of The Consideration Of Argentina, Human Rights Committee, 117th Session, 27 June – 22 July 2016

Submission In Advance Of The Consideration Of Argentina, Human Rights Committee, 117th Session, 27 June – 22 July 2016

Advocacy

Presentación Previa Al Examen de la República Argentina, Comité de Derechos Humanos, 117ma Sesión, 27 de Junio- 22 de Julio 2016

Presentación Previa Al Examen de la República Argentina, Comité de Derechos Humanos, 117ma Sesión, 27 de Junio- 22 de Julio 2016

Advocacy

Presentación Previa Al Examen de la República Argentina, Comité de Derechos Humanos, 117ma Sesión, 27 de Junio- 22 de Julio 2016

Presentación Previa Al Examen de la República Argentina, Comité de Derechos Humanos, 117ma Sesión, 27 de Junio- 22 de Julio 2016

Advocacy

The Right to Privacy in Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

The Right to Privacy in Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Advocacy

The Right to Privacy in Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

The Right to Privacy in Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Advocacy

The Right to Privacy in Colombia

The Right to Privacy in Colombia

Advocacy

The Right to Privacy in Paraguay

The Right to Privacy in Paraguay

Advocacy

The Right to Privacy in Mexico

The Right to Privacy in Mexico

Reports and Analysis

Long Read

#IWD2019 Online gender-based violence: a privacy matter?

online gender based violence a privacy issue

Long Read

We Need to Fix the ‘Data Wild West’

Pioneer Saloon

Long Read

Data Privacy Week: Privacy in Public Spaces

IMSI catchers in park

Long Read

Data Privacy Week: Confronting the Corporate Gaze

Magnifying glass over social media icons and profiles

Long Read

Data Privacy Week: Exposing Harms, Fighting Back

Objects

Long Read

Exclusion and identity: life without ID

Old Chilean ID card

Report

Derechos Humanos y Seguridad Digital: Una Pareja Perfecta

Una Pareja Perfecta

Long Read

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

IWD2018

Long Read

Surveillance And The City: Turning Urban Centres Into A Panopticon

Surveillance and the City

Long Read

Identity Policies: The Clash Between Democracy and Biometrics

Dimensions of identity

Long Read

Data and Control: Protecting Rights, Protecting People

Data protection

Long Read

Watching The Watchers: Accessing and Challenging Control Over Our Data

Access and Control

Long Read

Gobierno Paraguayo Veta Ley De Registro Biométrico De Usuarios Móviles

biometrics

Long Read

IMSI Catch 22: Understanding The Role Of Spying Equipment In The Mi Sangre Case

IMSI Catch 22: Understanding the Role of Spying Equipment in the Mi Sangre Case

Long Read

Discussion About Cyber Security In Colombia

Discussion About Cyber Security In Colombia

Report

International Women's Day 2016: Initiative of the Privacy International Network

International Women's Day 2016: Initiative of the Privacy International Network

Report

Demand/Supply: Exposing The Surveillance Industry In Colombia

Demand/Supply: Exposing The Surveillance Industry In Colombia

Report

Shadow State: Surveillance, Law And Order In Colombia

Shadow State: Surveillance, Law And Order In Colombia

Report

Who's Watching The Watchers

Who's Watching The Watchers

News and Updates

News & Analysis

Here’s the Surveillance the US Exports to Central America as Aid - And it’s Surviving Trump’s Cuts

US AID

News & Analysis

WhatsApp and NSO: it's time for the British Government to act

whatsapp nso

News & Analysis

Podcast: Sex and the Cyber

Podcast: Sex and the Cyber

News & Analysis

Undone by his own spying operation, arrest of drug lord shows how surveillance is used to perpetuate gender-based violence

Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman

News & Analysis

Podcast: Fighting for Abortion in the 21st Century

Podcast: Fighting for Abortion in the 21st Century

News & Analysis

The Next Frontier of the Right to Privacy in the Digital Age

Privacy

News

Side Event - Confidentiality of Communications and Privacy of Data in the Digital Age

Geneva

News & Analysis

Why data protection authorities are essential: A cautionary tale for Brazil

Brazilian flag made of bricks

Partner Update

Guía Básica de Seguridad Digital para Startups

Guía Básica de Seguridad Digital para Startups

Partner Update

El rol de la OEA en la agenda regional sobre seguridad digital

El rol de la OEA en la agenda regional sobre seguridad digital

Partner Update

Fe ciega: Identidad biométrica en Perú crece sin control ni garantías

Fe ciega: Identidad biométrica en Perú crece sin control ni garantías

Partner Update

La inteligencia al tablero

UPR30

News & Analysis

The Right to Privacy in Colombia - UPR 30 Factsheet

Coalition

Partner Update

En la ONU se evalúan los compromisos de Colombia en Derechos Humanos

EPU

News & Analysis

El EPU de Colombia es una oportunidad para avanzar en el respecto del derecho a la intimidad

Colombiaepu

News & Analysis

Colombia’s UPR is an opportunity to improve the protection of the right to privacy

Colombia flag UPR

News & Analysis

A day in the life of Catalina, a forty-year-old cis woman living in Bogota

Catalina, Colombia

News & Analysis

A day in the life of Carolina, a 34-year-old cis woman living in downtown Santiago

Carolina, Chile

News & Analysis

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

Maritza, Venezuela

News

Privacy International at the Internet Freedom Festival 2018

From IFF website - illustration

News

Side event on data intensive systems at the United Nations

Flyer

Press release

Online surveillance becomes a priority for the Human Rights Council, as Pakistan joins the wrong side of the debate

Human Rights Council

Press release

Press Release: Colombian Police Built A Shadow Surveillance State Outside Of Lawful Authority, Privacy International Investigation Reveals

Press Release: Colombian Police Built A Shadow Surveillance State Outside Of Lawful Authority, Privacy International Investigation Reveals

News & Analysis

Chilean Government To Subject Citizens To American Surveillance Apparatus

Chilean government to subject citizens to American surveillance apparatus

Partner Update

In Argentina, It’s Not Too Late To Make Things Right Regarding Privacy

In Argentina, it’s not too late to make things right regarding privacy

Partner Update

A Tracker In Your Pocket: The Colombian Cellphone Registry Is Bad For Human Rights

A tracker in your pocket: the Colombian cellphone registry is bad for human rights

News & Analysis

Clear And Universal – The Right to Privacy at the 120th Session of the Human Rights Committee

Clear and universal – the right to privacy at the 120th Session of the Human Rights Committee

News & Analysis

The Identity We Can't Change

The Identity We Can't Change

Partner Update

En Argentina, Todavía No Es Tarde Para Hacer Las Cosas Bien En Materia de Privacidad

En Argentina, todavía no es tarde para hacer las cosas bien en materia de privacidad.

Press release

Colombia’s record on privacy, surveillance, and human rights under renewed scrutiny at the United Nations

UN building

News & Analysis

8 Recommendations In 4 Countries: Not A Bad Score For The Right To Privacy At The 24th Universal Periodic Review

8 Recommendations In 4 Countries: Not A Bad Score for the Right to Privacy at the 24th Universal Periodic Review

Press release

El Historial De La Argentina Sobre Privacidad Y Vigilancia Bajo Escrutinio En Las Naciones Unidas

Argentina

Press release

Argentina's Record On Privacy And Surveillance Under Scrutiny At The United Nations

Argentina

News & Analysis

Open Letter On The Financial Crisis Facing The Inter-American Commission

In session

News & Analysis

Mexican Supreme Court Fails Test To Stand Against Mass Surveillance. Next Candidate: The Inter-American Court of Human Rights

Mexican flag

News & Analysis

Mexican Supreme Court’s Unique Opportunity To Stand Against Mass Surveillance

Building with Mexican flag

News & Analysis

Colombia’s New Spying Scandal: Time For Real Change

Colombia’s new spying scandal: Time for real change

News & Analysis

The Future of Biometric Surveillance in Brazil

The Future of Biometric Surveillance in Brazil

News & Analysis

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

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

News & Analysis

New investigation reveals Colombia's spy equipment suppliers

New investigation reveals Colombia's spy equipment suppliers

Press release

Press Release: Companies From The UK, The US, And Israel Provided Mass Surveillance Capabilities To Colombian Security Services

Press Release: Companies From The UK, The US, And Israel Provided Mass Surveillance Capabilities To Colombian Security Services

News & Analysis

How Colombia built a shadow state, a new Privacy International investigation reveals

How Colombia built a shadow state, a new Privacy International investigation reveals

Press release

Colombian police built a shadow surveillance state outside of lawful authority, Privacy International investigation reveals

News & Analysis

Eight things we know so far from the Hacking Team hack

Eight things we know so far from the Hacking Team hack

News & Analysis

In wake of prosecutor's shooting, Argentinian human rights group releases report on troubled intelligence agencies

In wake of prosecutor's shooting, Argentinian human rights group releases report on troubled intelligence agencies

News & Analysis

Going Dark? The Rule Of Law, The iPhone, And Closet Doors

iPhone camera

News & Analysis

New report finds little oversight of surveillance, intelligence agencies in Latin America

New report finds little oversight of surveillance, intelligence agencies in Latin America

News & Analysis

Watching The Polls: How Spying Imperils Elections

polling both fingerprint

News & Analysis

Monitoring Centres: Force Multipliers From The Surveillance Industry

Monitoring Centres: Force multipliers from the surveillance industry

News & Analysis

NETMundial: a long way to go to combat mass surveillance

NETMundial: a long way to go to combat mass surveillance

News & Analysis

Ignoring repeated warnings, Argentina biometrics database leaks personal data

Ignoring repeated warnings, Argentina biometrics database leaks personal data

Press release

General Assembly Should Pass Strong Resolution on the Right to Privacy in the Digital Age

UN General Assembly

News & Analysis

IGF 2013: Surveillance, Snowden fallout top of the agenda in Bali

IGF 2013: Surveillance, Snowden fallout top of the agenda in Bali

Press release

Germany and Brazil introduce UN resolution affirming right to privacy, condemning mass surveillance

UN General Assembly

News & Analysis

Corruption Scandal Reveals Use Of FinFisher By Mexican Authorities

Corruption scandal reveals use of FinFisher by Mexican authorities

News & Analysis

What Do Constitutional Privacy Protections Look Like Around The World?

What do constitutional privacy protections look like around the world?

News & Analysis

Privacy International submits stakeholder reports to Human Rights Council on the right to privacy in China, Senegal and Mexico

Privacy International submits stakeholder reports to Human Rights Council on the right to privacy in China, Senegal and Mexico

News & Analysis

Russian-made surveillance technologies being used in the West

Russian-made surveillance technologies being used in the West

Press release

Privacy International extends legal action against banking giant SWIFT

News & Analysis

Some personal views from around the world on ID cards

Some personal views from around the world on ID cards

Examples

Mexico: a TV set for your biometrics data

In Mexico, people registered as beneficiaries of any programmes led by the Ministry of Social Development could obtain a TV set, as part of the transition from analogue to digital TV organised by the Ministry of Communications and Transportation.

September 2015
Chile: children asked for their biometrics data to obtain food rations in schools

The National Board of Scholarships and School Aid (Junaeb) in Chile was also heavily criticised for its use of facial recognition programmes to deliver meals at thirty schools in three cities across the country.

February 2019