Next Friday, August 7th, from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM (ART), we will participate in the event “Surveillance Technologies, Data, and Rights: New Reports”, where Margarita Trovato will present the report “The State of Data: From Registry to Surveillance” (“El Estado de los datos: del registro a la vigilancia”).
Additionally, the conversation will feature the presentation of two other reports: “Intrusive Intelligence: Interception and Monitoring Technologies in Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay. Technical and Commercial Map” by Lucas Domínguez Rubio, CeDInCI (2025), and “Watch Out for Surveillance: How to Stop Police Use of Facial Recognition” by INCLO (2026).
The panel will feature Manuel Tufro (CELS), Paul Aguilar (Social TIC), Patricia Díaz Charquero (Datysoc), Margarita Trovato (Vía Libre), and Lucas Domínguez Rubio to discuss the current state of surveillance technologies in Argentina and the Latin American region.
Participation is free of charge. You can attend in person at the Heinrich Böll Foundation offices (Lavalle 462, 2nd floor) or remotely via Zoom. Prior registration is required at:
https://cryptpad.fr/form/#/2/form/view/1Ahmh20bx-+L+wfTcfopda362bqoxGf9bB5AsVCA1x8/
About the report “The State of Data: From Registry to Surveillance”
In this report, Margarita Trovato analyzes what the Argentine State can do today with citizens’ personal data and what protections exist against that power in a technology-mediated context.
The report begins with a description of the data ecosystem currently accumulated by the Argentine State, subsequently addressing inferred data, its description, and its protection. Throughout the document, it examines the data protection regulatory frameworks and their weaknesses, as well as recent reforms that enable increased surveillance. The objective is to characterize and understand the current landscape in which data processing technologies are deployed, along with the associated risks to citizens’ human rights.