O uso da tecnologia de reconhecimento facial como política de segurança pública no Estado da Bahia

Abstract

Today's society stands out for the advancement of technology and changes in the form of the man/machine interrelationship, especially after the creation of artificial intelligence and its application in various sectors of society, especially in this study, for the use of automated facial recognition. as a public security policy. In this sense, the objective of this research was to analyze the main benefits and risks of the implementation of the public policy of facial recognition, via artificial intelligence, applied by the Secretary of Public Security in the State of Bahia, aiming to present and discuss the Video Policing – Mais Inteligência na Safety; Video Police Expansion and PRODETUR Salvador. The study started from the assumption of the need for more acuity in the application of facial recognition, via artificial intelligence, for use as a public security policy, in order to avoid possible violations of people's fundamental rights. In this scenario, we sought to describe the evolution of society and the impact of information and communication technologies on public policies, from the application of artificial intelligence technologies, particularly those of facial recognition, with public policy as the privileged locus of the study. use of artificial intelligence technology, by facial recognition, applied by the Secretary of Public Security of the State of Bahia. We chose to carry out a qualitative research, using the deductive method, of an exploratory nature, and as an approach a case study and the document analysis technique was adopted. The analysis categories used were information and communication technologies, artificial intelligence, facial recognition, public security policies and fundamental rights. As a result of the research, advantages of the researched public policy were observed, such as being less lethal to police officers and people approached, speed in the recognition of missing people and those who are out of justice and the lack of prisons riddled with facial recognition errors in Bahia to date. search cutoff. On the other hand, possible risks of violation of freedom, privacy and protection of personal data were also demonstrated, due to the lack of transparency in the data released by the State of Bahia and the absence of specific legal regulations in Brazil on the aforementioned public policy. Furthermore, proposals were made to improve the application of the policy, such as the adoption of Privacy by Design, the Precautionary Principle, the Impact Report on the Protection of Personal Data , transparency and accountability