Technological advances in the field of surveillance of people, and the lack of control with which they are implemented, have long been of concern to experts. But it has been in the wake of the pandemic that an increase in the use of these technologies has been detected, both by states and private actors. This is the conclusion of a report published by the Observatory of Human Rights and Business in the Mediterranean, the European Network of Corporate Observatories, the Multinationals Observatory and the Shoal cooperative, which is part of a series of studies that analyse the situation in other countries, such as France and Great Britain.