$1.9M a month bid wins contract for São Paulo 20K camera biometric surveillance system

Brazil’s vibrant financial center São Paulo is preparing to deploy 20,000 facial recognition cameras designed to increase public safety. But civil rights organizations are raising concerns that the project could target vulnerable populations as the city awaits final approval of a bid for running the systems worth 9.2 million Brazilian reals (roughly US$1.9 million) a month.

The approval can only be granted after the completion of an evaluation by the city, according to Folha de S.Paulo. Al Jazeera reports …

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