Civio investigations
Algorithms
We investigate and monitor the apps used by public authorities. From the BOSCO caseāthe app that decides who is entitled to the electricity discount rate, to the most opaque of āblack boxesā.
Spainās national health service will use facial recognition on 170,000 patients in Ceuta and Melilla
The INGESA system has a "very high initial risk". Its data protection analysis is "insufficient and inconsistent" and may discourage patients from seeking necessary healthcare.
Mole or cancer? The algorithm that gets one in three melanomas wrong and erases patients with dark skin
The Basque Country is implementing Quantus Skin in its health clinics after an investment of 1.6 million euros. Specialists criticise the artificial intelligence developed by the Asisa subsidiary due to its "poorā and ādangerous" results. The algorithm has been trained only with data from white patients.
Spanish National Police stop using Veripol, its star AI for detecting false reports
The Ministry of the Interior states that they have rejected its use because it is not valid in judicial proceedings.
Spanish prisons use a 30-year-old algorithm to decide on temporary releases
More than 200 court rulings in 2024 cite an algorithm that classifies foreign prisoners without ties as high risk, even if they lack other risk factors.
Transparency of public-sector algorithms at stake: Civio files BOSCO appeal with the Supreme Court
Can the government actually refuse to disclose how programs that decide on our rights operate? And do so using intellectual property as an excuse? We say no, they canāt, and the High Court already has our arguments in its hands.
"Being ruled through secret source code or algorithms should never be allowed in a democratic country under the rule of law"
Spanish administration refuses to share code of app that dismissed at-risk applicants of energy subsidy, as Civio revealed.
