{"attribution":{"source":"AI Incident Database (Responsible AI Collaborative)","license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","citation":"McGregor, S. (2021). Preventing Repeated Real World AI Failures by Cataloging Incidents: The AI Incident Database. Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IAAI-21).","snapshot_date":"2026-09-07"},"exported_at":"2026-09-13"}
{"rows":[{"incident_id":76,"occurred_on":"2019-04-24","title":"Buenos Aires Government Reportedly Used Children's Personal Data in Facial Recognition System for Fugitives","description":"Beginning in April 2019, the Buenos Aires city government reportedly used data from Argentina’s CONARC fugitive database, including children’s identities and reference photos, in its live Facial Recognition System for Fugitives (SRFP). Human Rights Watch found at least 166 children had appeared in CONARC between 2017 and 2020 and warned that the system exposed them to privacy violations and elevated risks of false matches.","mit_domain":"Privacy & Security","mit_subdomain":"Compromise of privacy by obtaining, leaking or correctly inferring sensitive information","entity":"AI","intent":"Intentional","timing":"Post-deployment","harm_level":"AI tangible harm event","sectors":["law enforcement","public administration"],"countries":["AR"],"deployers":["Government of Argentina","Buenos Aires city government"],"developers":["Surveillance technology developers","NtechLab","Facial recognition system developers","Danaide S.A."],"harmed":["Privacy","Minors","General public of Buenos Aires","General public of Argentina","General public","Buenos Aires children","Biometric data subjects"],"report_count":1}]}