Asymmetries and Power

Digital Defense Initiative

Objective: Involve the Judiciary in safeguarding the fundamental rights to intimidation and privacy, and the inviolability of the confidentiality of personal communications and data. Produce a technical report on the types and risks of surveillance tools that are used in Brazil. Finally, train Brazilian civil society, by a seed funding program, to identify and respond to spyware software surveillance techniques.

Duration: 2024 - 2025

Status: Em Andamento

Supporter(s): New Venture Fund

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Description

Data Privacy Brasil and InternetLab will seek to help civil society find ways to identify and react to the use of spyware softwares in a safe way, warning of the risks using these tools. The project will work to reduce the lack of transparency and regulation in the acquisition of these tools, in addition to promoting the strengthening of civil society organizations specialized in combating these surveillance technologies. Starting with the amicus curiae to the Direct Action of Unconstitutionality by Omission (ADO 84) filed by the Attorney General’s Office (PGR), which mobilizes the Federal Supreme Court (STF) to act in the face of the absence of specific regulations on surveillance tools and intelligence national.

Data Privacy Brasil and InternetLab want to address this problem by increasing awareness about the diverse capabilities of spyware softwares, their risks and possible strategic responses by civil society, as well as building the necessary capacity for these responses to be effective, both through the fostering of civil society alliances and by acquiring specific know-how of similar international experiences that can be leveraged in Brazil.

Team

Rafael Zanatta Director

Pedro Saliba Coordinator

Rafael Zanatta | Director

Data Privacy Brazil Research Association

Executive director at the Data Privacy Brasil Research Association. He holds a master's degree from USP Law School andand a PhD drom USP Institute of Energy and Environment. He holds a Master’s in Law and Economics from the University of Turin. Alumni of the Privacy Law and Policy Course at the University of Amsterdam (2018). Member of the Latin American Network for Surveillance, Technology, and Society (Lavits). Member of the Brazilian Institute of Civil Liability (Iberc). He is an effective member of the Special Commission for the Defense of the Rights of Children and Adolescents of the OAB de São Paulo (2022-2025).

Pedro Saliba | Coordinator

Data Privacy Brazil Research Association

Lawyer and sociologist with a Master's degree in Sociology and Anthropology (PPGSA/UFRJ). Research on the intersection between personal data protection and public administration, especially security and surveillance issues. Previously worked as a researcher at the Digital Studies Lab (LED/UFRJ) and currently works as coordinator of Assymetries and Power at Data Privacy Brasil.

Vinicius Silva Researcher

Vinicius Silva | Researcher

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Master's in Social Change and Political Participation and with a BA in Public Policy Management from the School of Arts, Sciences and Humanities (EACH) of the University of São Paulo (USP). More than 8 years of professional experience in government relations and advocacy, working with monitoring, strategy, and advocacy regarding public policies in various sectors. Researcher in the following groups: Studies in Body and Art (ECOAR), Interdisciplinary Research in Humanities (PIH), and Center for Audiovisual Research and Production (NUPEPA), all from USP. Academic production in the Interdisciplinary area, mainly on issues related to the Brazilian military dictatorship, the permanent state of exception, and democracy.

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