Limites à implantação de chips subcutâneos: a tutela da privacidade como instrumento de proteção da pessoa na sociedade da informação

Abstract

In the context of consumer society, qualified as informational, there is concern about the risks of microchips implantation in humans, especially regarding the privacy of those involved. Through an analytic-descriptive study, the new contours of the right to privacy were outlined, reshaping the traditional concept and expanding the private sphere. As a result, it has been identified that, while there is a sense of security, the chip can lead to distortions and breaches of pri-vacy. It is concluded that the control of sensitive data should be the responsibility of its owner, linking its handling to the purpose that was authorized, otherwise it is incindir in the intense surveillance and classification.