Use of Facial Recognition by Uruguayan police

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Use of Facial Recognition by Uruguayan police
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Deployment Status Planned
Deployment Start Date
Deployment End Date
Events * uses Record type Property:Has event

Start (1 February 2020, Speculative, , The software was acquired for a 3-year contract at the start of 2020. The Ministry of Interior in Uruguay has denied access to further information after this.)

City Montevideo
Country Uruguay
Involved Entities DDBA LTDA, TTY SA, CDT LATAM LLC
Keywords
Technology Deployed Herta Security Facial Recognition
Information Certainty Documented
Primary sources 1, 2, 3
Datasets Used Unknown Dataset 0147
Deployment Type Biometric Cameras, Criminal investigations, Crowd management, Surveillance, Facial recognition
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managed by Ministry of Interior (Uruguay)
used by Ministry of Interior (Uruguay)
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Information Certainty 0
Summary [[Summary::The Ministry of the Interior of Uruguay has acquired facial recognition softwares (DDBA [representing Herta Security Recognition in Uruguay] through CDT LATAM LLC [Herta distributor in Latin America] in 2020 for a 3-year contract. The objective of this is to spot a criminal through the cameras and to recognise their identity automatically thanks to a database.

The Ministry of the Interior in Uruguay has tagged all further information regarding the technology's use, any security protocol as "Reserved information" under the Uruguayan law of access to public information.]]


Deployment Purpose: Surveillance

Summary


Products and Institutions:

Product DeployedHerta Security Facial Recognition
Institutions Herta Security
DatasetsUnknown Dataset 0147
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Status and Events:

StatusPlanned
EventsStart (1 February 2020, Speculative, , The software was acquired for a 3-year contract at the start of 2020. The Ministry of Interior in Uruguay has denied access to further information after this.)
Start Date
End Date

Users:

Involved EntitiesDDBA LTDA
TTY SA
CDT LATAM LLC
Managed byMinistry of Interior (Uruguay)
Used byMinistry of Interior (Uruguay)


Location:

CityMontevideo
Country Uruguay
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References

  1. ^  "Reconocimiento facial en la mira: así funciona el sistema comprado por la Policía". (2020) <https://www.elobservador.com.uy/nota/reconocimiento-facial-en-la-mira-asi-funciona-el-sistema-comprado-por-la-policia-2020111916510> Accessed: 2022-11-30
  2. ^  "Uso policial del reconocimiento facial automatizado en Uruguay". (2022) <https://datysoc.org/2022/03/23/uso-policial-del-reconocimiento-facial-automatizado-en-uruguay/> Accessed: 2022-11-30
  3. ^  "Cómo funciona el ciberpatrullaje y el reconocimiento facial: la mesa de diálogo solicitada al gobierno". (2021) <https://www.elobservador.com.uy/nota/como-funciona-el-ciberpatrullaje-y-el-reconocimiento-facial-el-pedido-al-gobierno-20215618260> Accessed: 2022-12-02