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Abstract

The processing of personal data is being revolutionized in its possibilities thanks to advances in information and communication technologies. The literature on the subject tends to highlight the contribution of these operations to the design, monitoring and evaluation of public policy. More incipient are the controversies over the scope and collateral effects of these transformations. This is particularly so in the case of information systems built as supports for public social protection policies. This is the purpose of this article, which proposes a critical approach to these technological alterations, dimensioning their political character and their effects (above all collateral) on populations and also on professional practices.