Sheinbaum revive el proyecto de un registro de usuarios de telefonía con datos personales

The Mexican government seeks to establish a mandatory national registry of mobile phone users, linking each line to biometric and personal identification data. This initiative, driven by the aim to combat crimes such as kidnapping, requires telecommunications companies to collect sensitive information, including fingerprints and facial features, under the supervision of the Digital Transformation Agency. The goal is to centralize the identity information of the more than 148 million existing lines in the country to facilitate public security efforts. However, this proposal faces significant legal and constitutional barriers. The Supreme Court of Justice has already invalidated similar previous mechanisms, arguing that they seriously violate the right to privacy, intimacy, and the protection of personal data. Judicial authorities have pointed out that such registries are ineffective against extortion and excessively intrusive into private life, creating a direct conflict between national security policies and citizens' fundamental rights. The relevance for *open_data* lies in the risk of centralization and opacity of sensitive information. By eliminating key regulators of transparency and privacy, and by creating a massive database managed by the State, the principle of open access to public information is eroded. This case highlights the critical tension between state security and data governance, warning of the need to safeguard the integrity and citizen control over personal data in the face of government surveillance.

Source: elpais.com
Published on 2025-02-16

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