Two and a half years after the effective date of a law to protect personal data (Law No. 8,968), companies that manage information such as phone numbers, addresses, photographs, medical records and credit records are violating the law. To date no firms have registered with the Data Protection Agency (Prodhab), which is required for any […]
Archives for March 24, 2014
Constitutional Court forbids police to trace calls to journalists
The Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court has issued a ruling that prohibits police from tracing phone calls to journalists in order to discover their sources. The decision comes after Grupo Extra filed suit against the judicial police (OIJ) for tracing the phone calls of journalist Manuel RodrÃguez Estrada of Diario Extra. RodrÃguez became a […]