“Nº22 04/2015”
The use of drones in Chile and DAN 151: Innovation regulations are necessary, but insufficient
by Digital Rights LAC on May 7, 2015
The use of drones is becoming more widespread, they are available to those who can buy them and are becoming a common sight at football matches, concerts and other events and mass gatherings of people. Depending on how they are used, these devices may violate some of our rights, regarding our lives, property and privacy. In Chile their use has just been regulated, but are these norms enough?
Terms and Conditions: Neither Death Separates Us?
by Digital Rights LAC on May 7, 2015
How many times do we find these two concepts? It always appears in the small print of contracts, as delimiting of the services that we will get, but how much do we know about them and what are its implications?
Internet.org, the Panamanian case
by Digital Rights LAC on May 7, 2015
(Español) El zero rating afecta las posibilidades de competencia y los principios que defienden la neutralidad de la web, como el último plan de Mark Zuckerberg, el cual consiste en ofrecer unas cuantas aplicaciones web de forma gratuita y que lamentablemente los medios insisten en anunciarlo de forma incorrecta como internet gratis. Me refiero a Internet.org.
Argentina: On biometrics, SIBIOS and old practices of population control
by Digital Rights LAC on May 7, 2015
This year use of a single ID card (known as the single DNI, which stands for national identity document) will come into effect in Argentina and all data on Argentine nationals will go into a single database stored with digitized biometric information. Why is this important and why is this information worthy of attention?
Global challenges on digital rights protection
by Digital Rights LAC on May 7, 2015
As already known, Internet was born and raised in a relatively chaotic manner. And its first “guardians” were the administrators of servers and local area networks. Nobody cared much about privacy while the network did not have many users and ponto.com companies had not yet matured. A virtually anarchic governance, but running smoothly.
