Sorria, você está sendo filmado: tecnologias de reconhecimento facial, privacidade e proteção de dados

Abstract

Recent advances in data science and artificial intelligence, coupled with the supposed demand for security in the contemporary world, have given rise to the surveillance society, which presents itself as a digital pan-optic. In this context, facial recognition technologies stand out as surveillance tools whose ubiquity becomes increasingly evident. Such technologies, however, can pose a great risk to privacy and the safeguarding of personal data. Therefore, this dissertation aims to investigate the implications of the development and use of face recognition technologies on the right to privacy and the right to data protection, and to analyze the regulatory role of the Law regarding these innovations. It is an exploratory research, carried out through bibliographic and documental analysis. The conclusion is that, although general data protection legislation can guide the regulation of facial recognition technologies, we need a more in-depth and enlightened debate on the subject in order to develop normative instruments capable of adequately regulating these technologies.