01
CCTV REFERENCE EVIDENCE
2.23 cameras / 1k
51,346 reported cameras in São Paulo. Reference-city evidence only; national scope is not inferred.
Open CCTV sourceTHE EVIDENCE STACK
Seven records
Different claims
Every measure has its own source, date, and scope. The country profile keeps them distinct by design.
FACE / BIOMETRIC
Documented active use
São Paulo Smart Sampa · 2026
The official São Paulo Smart Sampa site states that smart cameras use facial recognition to identify wanted and missing people and support urban-safety cases.
AI USE SCOPE
Facial identification
2026 · High confidence
São Paulo’s Smart Sampa portal describes smart cameras using facial recognition to identify wanted and missing people in city public-safety operations.
The source is city-specific and does not demonstrate a Brazilian national operational model or independent safeguard assessment.
Prefeitura de São Paulo · Smart SampaPRIVATE-CAMERA LINK
Documented networked camera ecosystem
São Paulo Smart Sampa · 2026
The same official portal invites condominium and business owners to integrate cameras into Smart Sampa through a dedicated portal. The record remains city-specific.
SAFEGUARDS CONTEXT
59.0 / 100
WJP 2025 Factor 4.6: protection from arbitrary interference with privacy in practice. The score changed +2.4 points from 2024.
Open WJP sourceSUPPLIER / PROCUREMENT
Evidence gap retained
Not documented in this release
No attributed supplier, public body, and surveillance-relevant system chain was verified for this pilot record.
An evidence gap is not a finding that no supplier, contract, or public procurement exists.
No comparable public source located in this reviewINCIDENTS & REDRESS
Official finding
09 May 2022 · São Paulo · metro network
São Paulo Metro facial-recognition injunction
A judge in São Paulo ruled that the city metro must stop using facial-recognition technology on its network in the reported case brought by civil-society and public-defender organisations.
The record is limited to the described metro system and reported injunction; later procedural developments require separate review.
ARTICLE 19 · Brazil and South America Open incidents & redressDATA INFRASTRUCTURE & JURISDICTION
Where data may sit, and what can govern it
These are separate contextual records. Data-centre capacity is not evidence of surveillance access; legal powers are not evidence of their use.
CONTEXT, NOT PROOF
Government cloud policy does not establish where municipal or police surveillance systems are hosted, and legal access depends on procedure.
High confidenceNational data-infrastructure policy
2024–2025
Federal measures establish a National Data Infrastructure direction and later capacity-incentive policy. No comparable facility total is used.
Safeguarded transfer framework
2024
LGPD governs international transfers, including safeguards and standard clauses. This is not a general local-storage mandate.
Government cloud arrangements
2024
Government describes a Nuvem de Governo managed by public bodies or companies, with 2024 cooperation agreements involving SERPRO and DATAPREV.
Judicial disclosure rule
2014
Marco Civil provides for disclosure of connection and application records on judicial order. This is a legal safeguard and access-context record.
SOURCE HISTORY
When the record changed.
The timeline preserves source vintages and review dates so changes can be examined rather than announced without a record.
- 2024
- 2025-06CCTV evidence source
São Paulo: 51,346 reported cameras; 2.23 per 1,000 people in the documented reference place.
Open source - 2025
- 2026Facial-recognition record
The official São Paulo Smart Sampa site states that smart cameras use facial recognition to identify wanted and missing people and support urban-safety cases.
Open source - 2026Camera-integration record
The same official portal invites condominium and business owners to integrate cameras into Smart Sampa through a dedicated portal. The record remains city-specific.
Open source - 2026AI use-scope record
Facial identification · Live public space · Automated alert. São Paulo’s Smart Sampa portal describes smart cameras using facial recognition to identify wanted and missing people in city public-safety operations.
Open source - 2026-08Supplier / procurement record
No attributed supplier, public body, and surveillance-relevant system chain was verified for this pilot record.
No comparable public source located in this review - 2024–2025Data-infrastructure context
Federal measures establish a National Data Infrastructure direction and later capacity-incentive policy. No comparable facility total is used.
Open source - 2014Lawful-access context
Marco Civil provides for disclosure of connection and application records on judicial order. This is a legal safeguard and access-context record.
Open source - 09 May 2022Incident / redress record
Official finding: A judge in São Paulo ruled that the city metro must stop using facial-recognition technology on its network in the reported case brought by civil-society and public-defender organisations.
Open source - 2026-08Layer evidence review
Record category: Paired layer record. This version preserves gaps rather than treating them as evidence of absence.
No comparable public source located in this review
REVIEWED PUBLIC UPDATES
Accepted additions and corrections.
Community submissions remain private until an editor checks the source, scope, and status. Only accepted changes appear here.
Loading reviewed updates…