The National Institute of Transparency, Access to Information and Protection of Personal Data (Inai) accused that in some states and municipalities, during the national vaccination strategy, they continue to take photographs and making copies to the voter credentials of Mexicans, despite the fact that the Ministry of Health (SSa) had said that this practice it was no longer to be realized.
In a statement where he expressed his concern about the use that may be made of the personal data of vaccinated people, Inai explained that he has approached the health authorities to ask them not to take photos and not make photocopies of the credentials of Elector, however, this has not worked either.
“We have collaborated with the federal health authorities on this concern and the measures they have adopted to avoid these practices and have even publicly exhorted from the space of the afternoon conference, to inhibit their realization; However, during the operation of some vaccination centers enabled in the states and their municipalities, it has been known that practices persist such as requesting a copy or taking a photograph of the voter’s credential or any other means of identification, ”he criticized. the Inai.
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The guarantor body also said that it is competent to hear this type of case, so it invited the population to report any inappropriate use of their personal data. Reports can be made at TELINAI (800 835 4324), as well as by email [email protected] and the page https://www.datospersonales.org.mx.
“All health authorities and those who have been arranged as auxiliaries for the implementation of the National Vaccination Policy against SARS-CoV-2 for the prevention of Covid-19 in Mexico, in any of the regions of the country, to refrain from requesting a copy or taking a photograph of the voter’s credential or any other means of identification, and even less of the citizens who come to receive the vaccine, “warned Inai.
In addition, the transparency institute asked those who carry out the national vaccination strategy to display a privacy notice at all times stating the treatment that will be given to the personal data obtained from the voter’s credential or other type of identification. .
A week and a half ago THE UNIVERSAL reported that the people who came to be vaccinated against Covid-19 were photographed by the nation’s servers.
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Later, this newspaper reported that the presiding counselor of the National Electoral Institute (INE), Lorenzo Córdova, demanded that the Secretary of the Interior take a photo of the voter credentials during the national vaccination strategy.
After this, on February 17, the Undersecretary of Prevention and Health Promotion, Hugo López-Gatell, expressed that so that there would be no misunderstandings, the photographs of the voter credentials would no longer be taken, although according to the Inai this practice persists.
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