The Superior Electoral Court released a note in which it claims to be “false the claim that e-Título would be a spy application”. The rumor was circulating on various social networks.
“It is important to remember that e-Título, as well as other Electoral Justice applications, observe the guidelines established by the General Data Protection Law in the use and storage of user information”, informed the TSE.
The court highlights that some features of the e-Título use “a relatively small set of authorizations”. In this case, only 20: a small number, compared to other devices that use the Android operating system. “Facebook requests a total of 45 user permissions; and Uber, 35”, he exemplified.
In the note, the TSE justified all the authorizations necessary for access to the e-Título. Permission to use geolocation is required for the voter who wants to justify voting on Election Day. Access to the device’s flashlight is necessary for the authentication of documents issued by the Electoral Court.
The authorization requested to change or delete USB storage content is necessary for the recording of documents issued from the e-Título, as in the case of electoral discharge certificates or payment slips for electoral debts. Authorization to create accounts and set passwords is requested for cases of migration from a smartphone old to a new one.
The application was launched in 2017, with the objective of enabling access to electoral services in a non-face-to-face manner, such as consulting the ticket number and polling place, verifying the electoral situation, issuing certificates, justifying absence from the polls, consulting and issuing guides for payment of electoral debts, among others.
