What AI already does in your workplace
Artificial intelligence is already present in many Latin American workplaces, even if it is not always visible. Productivity tracking systems that measure your activity on the computer. Shift allocation algorithms in call centres and warehouses. Screening tools that filter CVs before a human ever sees them. Performance evaluation systems that generate scores based on metrics. AI governance determines whether these systems are fair, transparent and accountable, or whether they operate without anyone in the company really knowing how they work.
Your rights: the specifics
In most Latin American countries, data protection laws give you real rights in relation to your employer's AI systems. The right of access allows you to request what personal data your employer holds about you, including scores, evaluations or classifications generated by algorithms. The right of rectification allows you to demand the correction of inaccurate data that an AI system uses to evaluate you. And in several countries (Argentina, Brazil, Mexico), you have the right to object to decisions based solely on automated processing that significantly affect you.
To exercise these rights: identify your company's data protection officer (in large companies this is usually stated in the privacy notice), make your request in writing specifying what information you are requesting and which right you are relying on, and await the response within the legal deadline (generally 20 to 30 working days depending on the country). If you receive no response, you can turn to your country's data protection authority.
