Habeas Data

2006-06-25T16:55:00.000-07:00

Foro de Habeas Data

2006-06-17T18:13:00.000-07:00

Data Protection in Latin AmericaSee http://www.dataprotectionlaws.com.ar/and also Foro de Habeas Data and Law of Habeas DataPara mas información sobre Habeas Data y Protección de datos personales Ver Foro de Habeas Data. El sitio www.habeasdata.org no tiene relación alguna con este blog.Pablo Palazzi

First Spam decision in Latin America

2006-04-24T14:57:00.000-07:00

First Spam decision in Latin AmericaOn April 7, 2006 a federal judge from the City of Buenos Aires (Argentina) issued the first decision in a spam case. Plaintiffs Gustavo Daniel Tanus and Pablo Andres Palazzi sued a well known spammer under the new data protection law of Argentina.In their complaint the two plaintiffs argued that section 27 of the 2000 Argentine Data Protection Law gives them a

Creative Commons 'liberates' Argentina

2005-10-05T13:57:00.000-07:00

Creative Commons 'liberates' ArgentinaLicenses ported to local legalesehttp://www.theinquirer.net/?article=26635

peruinforma.com - peruinforma.com

2005-09-17T17:44:00.000-07:00

http://www.peruinforma.com/imwebsite/article.php?sid=28079 Habeas data para acceder a informacion del Gobierno. http://www.peruinforma.com/imwebsite/article.php?sid=28079

HONDURAS:: Congress ratifies constitutional reform establishing principle of "habeas data" in Honduras

2005-08-27T18:10:00.000-07:00

The Honduran legislative chamber has ratified a reform to Article 182 of the Constitution, establishing the principle of "habeas data". The measure was announced in the February 2005 edition of the government gazette. The change to the Constitution establishes the right of all individuals to access information concerning themselves or their property, whether that information is contained in

Argentine Court rules use of webcam lawful

2005-06-14T09:42:00.000-07:00

An Argentine Court of appeals has ruled that the use of CCTV in the entrance of building is lawful under the Data Protection Act (Law 25,326) and that an individual has no right to claim damages for the storage of his image.The plaintiff, an attorney sued the administration of the building alleging that the security organization in charge of the entrance took a photo of him with a web cam when he

Foro de Habeas Data

2005-06-11T17:00:00.000-07:00

All the info about Habeas Data. See Foro de Habeas DataPara mas información sobre Habeas Data y Protección de datos personales Ver Foro de Habeas Data (este sitio no tiene relación alguna con el prsente Blog y es independiente del mismo)

ITU Strategy and Policy Unit

2005-06-08T07:10:00.000-07:00

Good web site for global spam information including South AmericaSee ITU Strategy and Policy Unit

Spyware Warrior � Spyware/Adware in the News

2005-06-08T07:05:00.000-07:00

Spyware Warrior � Spyware/Adware in the News

Data Traffic law in Argentina

2005-04-25T18:54:00.000-07:00

The Argentina Government has suspended the application of the data retention law and it regulation.See Decree 357/2005.-http://infoleg.mecon.gov.ar/txtnorma/105679.htmThe following week a judge declared unconstitutional the Data Traffic law in Argentina based on the privacy safeguards of the Constitution . The decision is available athttp://www.infobaeprofesional.com/download/16/0041625.docSource

Data Traffic law in Argentina

2005-04-19T18:34:00.000-07:00

I was interviewed last week about the controversy surrounding the data trafic law (law 25.873) in Argentina. There is a strong pressure from ISP and public opinion against the measure of the government to collect data for ten years.See interview at http://www.diariojudicial.com/nota.asp?IDNoticia=25196

Foro de Habeas Data

2005-04-07T20:24:00.000-07:00

Foro de Habeas Data

Delitos Informaticos

2005-04-05T12:18:00.000-07:00

Confirman que hackearon la pagina de Presidencia: "La pagina en Internet de Presidencia de la Nacion Argentina fue hackeada el domingo, segun informaron fuentes gubernamentales. Se hizo una denuncia penal pero ya existen antecedentes sobre la falta de tipificación de esta clase de hechos... Es al Congreso al que le tocaría actuar en la materia... Pablo Palazzi

Data Protection

2005-03-19T05:19:00.000-08:00

1984 by Orwell... Tragedy, he perceived, belonged to the ancient time, to a time when there was still privacy, love, and friendship, and when the members of a family stood by one another without needing to know the reason..... Privacy, he said, was a very valuable thing. Everyone wanted a place where they could be alone occasionally. And when they had such a place, it was only common courtesy in

Consumer Data Is Stolen From LexisNexis Unit

2005-03-09T13:40:00.000-08:00

The New York Times > Technology > Consumer Data Is Stolen From LexisNexis Unit

Brazil

2005-03-07T12:48:00.000-08:00

New Fair Credit Protection Bill in Brazil proposes to regulate credit reposrts (nteprojeto de lei sobre bancos de dados de proteção ao crédito). See consulta_bancodedados

Privacy

2005-02-25T19:01:00.000-08:00

CHOICEPOINT TO RE-SCREEN 17,000 CUSTOMERSChoicePoint has announced plans to re-screen 17,000 business customers to make sure they are legitimate. The company has hired a retired Secret Service agent to help revamp its verification process. It also has paid for a one-year subscription to a credit monitoring service for each of the 144,778 people that may have been affected by the recent data

Choicepoint

2005-02-24T14:36:00.000-08:00

A California woman has sued ChoicePoint Inc. for fraud andnegligence after criminals gained access to a database ofpersonal records compiled by the company. The suit, which seeks class-action status, claims that for at least fivemonths the company failed to adequately protect people'sfinancial records and confidential information. The company also have problems in the past in Latin America for

Data Protection -Argentina - Registry

2005-02-18T08:17:00.000-08:00

The Data Protection Agency of Argentina has enacted Disposition 2/2005 (Of. Journal Feb. 18, 2005). The disposition creates the registry of private databases. In 90 days all databases containing personal information from companies will have to register in the data protection agency. Penalties from failing to register ranges from $ 1000 to $ 50.000 (around U$S 13.000).Full text of the decision

The New York Times > National > Appeals Court Says Reporters Must Testify or Go to Jail

2005-02-15T13:20:00.000-08:00

The New York Times > National > Appeals Court Says Reporters Must Testify or Go to Jail

DRM & Privacy

2005-02-05T03:17:00.000-08:00

The European Commission's Art. 29 Data Protection Working Party has issued a working document on data protection issues related to IP rights. The WP 104 expresses concern over the privacy implications of DRM, noting that there is growing "an increasing gap between the protection of individuals in the off-line and on-line worlds, especially considering the generalised tracing and profiling of

Net

2005-02-03T19:40:00.000-08:00

Interesting book on Human Rights in the Digital Age (www.digital-rights.net)

Costa Rica

2005-01-26T07:53:00.000-08:00

Costa Rica may have a data protection law this year. Data PRotection Bill no. 15.178 has been introduced in the extraordinary session of the Legislative Power. And it is backed up by the Presidency.

Venezuela

2005-01-25T15:29:00.000-08:00

The Congress of Venezuela (Asamblea Nacional de Venezuela) has decided to take out of its legislative agenda the Data Protection Bill. This decision is based on considering that the Bill may have been pushed by some interest from the private sector.

PrivacySpot.com - Privacy Law and Data Protection | nothing but privacy

2005-01-20T05:32:00.000-08:00

Great website with news about privacy law ! PrivacySpot.com - Privacy Law and Data Protection | nothing but privacy

2004 Year-End Google Zeitgeist

2005-01-19T17:03:00.000-08:00

http://www.google.com/press/zeitgeist2004/intl-zeitgeist.html

Data Traffic law & Privacy

2005-01-13T09:06:00.000-08:00

ISPs in Argentina has launched a lawsuit against the Argentine Government Regulation no. 1563/04 which requires them to bear the cost of "data traffic" information requested by judges prosecutors and the SIDE office. The lawsuit was initiated by CABASE (trade association of telecom companies) arguing that the regulation violates the right of property of the ISPs companies and the right of

British Institute of International Comparative Law - BIICL

2005-01-12T04:52:00.000-08:00

British Institute of International Comparative Law - BIICL

Data Protection & credit cards

2005-01-06T14:04:00.000-08:00

A decision of the Administrative Court of Appeals of the City of Buenos Aires (dated December 2, 2004) held that a bank violated the data protection act of Argentina when it filed with its appeal brief a copy of the client´s credit card statement. The judges held that the information contained in the credit card was personal data in the terms of the Data Protection Law and it required the consent

Data protection and tax law

2004-12-25T14:21:00.000-08:00

The IRS of the Province of Buenos Aires is cracking down on evaders by using data base matching techniques. This may be illegal under the Data Protection Act.- See more info at http://www.lanacion.com.ar/economia/nota.asp?nota_id=666079&origen=ranking

Data protection in Argentina

2004-11-30T03:32:00.000-08:00

The Data Protection agency of Argentina recently approved the code of conduct for marketing (see disposition 4/2004). Under section 30 of the Data Protection Law, trade associations and other bodies representing different categories of controllers may draft national codes and submit them to the opinion of the national authority. In this case, AMDIA, the Direct & Interactive Marketing

New data traffic regulations enacted

2004-11-22T09:47:00.000-08:00

Government enacted new regulations concerning traffic data in telecommunications. Telecom companies (telcos & isps) must keep the information for a period of ten years. This are the regulations of Law 25.873 (see comment here). See Decreto 1563/2004.-

EU Database rights

2004-11-10T18:56:00.000-08:00

ECJ SCALES BACK SCOPE OF DATABASE RIGHTS The European Court of Justice has released four decisions that address the scope of the EU database rights. The decisions focus on the need for a substantial investment in the database, concluding that the definition of 'substantial investment' which gives rise to protection for the maker of a database against unauthorized acts of copying and distribution

Morrison & Foerster - Legal Update - Commercializing Nanobio Products: An Overview of Legal Issues and Regulations

2004-11-06T13:52:00.000-08:00

Morrison & Foerster - Legal Update - Commercializing Nanobio Products: An Overview of Legal Issues and Regulations

Safe Harbor Seminar in Belgium

2004-11-06T07:01:00.000-08:00

Registration Form

IV Congreso Mundial de Derecho Informatico - Alfa - Redi

2004-11-02T06:47:00.000-08:00

IV Congreso Mundial de Derecho Informatico - Alfa - Redi

2004-11-02T06:43:00.000-08:00

Hay excelentes ponencias de derecho informático... IV Congreso Mundial de Derecho Informatico - Alfa - Redi

Freedom of Information Act in Bolivia

2004-11-02T04:56:00.000-08:00

DECRETO-TRANSPARENCIA

New data protection law in Uruguay

2004-10-21T16:08:00.000-07:00

A new law was enacted in Uruguay to regulate commmercial personal information. See Law no. 17.838 of September 24, 2004.

WorldLII - Categories - Subjects - Privacy

2004-10-09T06:36:00.000-07:00

WorldLII´s Privacy links

Data Protection

2004-10-09T06:14:00.000-07:00

The Data Protection Research and Policy Group at the British Institute of International and Comparative Law is an excellent resource for DP materials. The Group consists of specialist members, regarded as leaders in their field who regularly work with data protection and privacy issues, including regulators, practitioners and academics. The Group provides a forum in which data protection policy

Telemarketing

2004-10-07T03:43:00.000-07:00

Diario Clarin runs a story today about telemarketing in Argentina. I propose creating an opt out registry like the FTC DO not call registry. Just a few days ago the U.S. Supreme Court let stand the Do-Not-Call Registry Decision. See http://www.clarin.com/diario/2004/10/07/sociedad/s-03615.htm

Data Protection

2004-09-12T08:45:00.000-07:00

Ecuador and Venezuela are drafting data protection laws. Venezuela´s Bill is based on the Argentine Data Protection Law.

IP - Latin America

2004-09-12T08:42:00.000-07:00

BRAZIL & ARGENTINA TO PROPOSE WIPO DEVELOPMENT AGENDA Brazil and Argentina have released a new proposal for a WIPO Development Agenda that the countries plan to formally introduce at the WIPO General Assembly later this month. The proposal focuses on effective transfer of technology to developing countries and concerns in the patent law field. Proposal at http://www.iprsonline.org/resources/docs/

Data Protection - Peru and Nicaragua

2004-08-18T06:01:00.000-07:00

Peru and Nicaragua are drafting data protection laws. Peru http://www.minjus.gob.pe/minjus/PROYECTO%20DE%20LEY.pdf Nicaragua Link

Spam in Argentina - recent news

2004-06-07T09:12:00.001-07:00

1) Anti Spam Conference. The AntiSpam-Forum 2004 (you can see the web site only with Explorer, Mozzilla et al wont work) was a great success with the presence of all the players and representants from ISP associations from South Africa, Chile, Paraguay, Venezuela and Brazil. AMDIA (the marketing assoc. of Argentina) and CABASE (the isp and telecom assoc. of Argentina) signed a letter of

Data retention in Argentina

2004-06-07T09:12:00.000-07:00

Law 25.873 was enacted on January 2004 and mandated a ten year data retention period for all data traffic. The law was stringly critiziced by ISP because they have to bear the burden and cost of storing all these data. It was also critiziced because it is not clear whether all this data will be regulated by the data protection law and the ten year period is the longest in comparative law.

Argentina: Regulation of mobiles phones, privacy and anonimity.-

2004-06-07T09:04:00.000-07:00

A new law was enacted to curb the use of mobile phones in crimes. Telephone companies are required to gather personal information from all users of mobile phones and interchange the list of stolen or lost mobile phones wit the the regulatory commission for telecommunications. Calling cards to be used with mobile phones are going to be regulated by the government (presumably, to avoid anonimity in

Genetic Privacy

2004-06-07T08:46:00.000-07:00

The Ministry of Justice of Argentina created a DNA database to compare samples from criminals and convicted felons. Resolution 415/2004 of the Ministerio de Justicia, Seguridad provides that the genetic database has to be registered with the data protection agency of argentina and comply with privacy, secrecy and confidentiality provisions. See http://www.jus.gov.ar/noticias/nota40.html

The New York Times > Technology > Accenture Is Awarded U.S. Contract for Borders

2004-06-02T07:22:00.000-07:00

The New York Times > Technology > Accenture Is Awarded U.S. Contract for Borders

EU COMMISSION SECURES GUARANTEES FOR PROTECTING PERSONAL DATA OF TRANSATLANTIC AIR PASSENGERS

2004-05-21T15:33:00.000-07:00

http://www.eurunion.org/news/press/2004/20040079.htm

Wired News: U.S. May Get a Privacy Czar

2004-05-21T08:16:00.000-07:00

Wired News: U.S. May Get a Privacy Czar

2004-05-13T05:06:00.000-07:00

Fingerprinting

2004-05-13T05:00:00.000-07:00

From next Monday the US Consulate will start a fingerprinting program in the Buenos Aires Consulate as a condition for granting visas to foreigners wishing to travel to the US. See article published today in diario La Nacion.

Spam Bill in Argentina

2004-05-11T08:29:00.000-07:00

A national legislator introduced in Congress a new bill that will allow GOvt to block IP and cancel domain names of spammers. The Bill proposes an opt out system. See comment to the bill here.

Morrison & Foerster - Legal Update - Tower Records Consent Order Underscores Importance of Data Protection

2004-04-27T17:32:00.000-07:00

Morrison & Foerster - Legal Update - Tower Records Consent Order Underscores Importance of Data Protection

Fines in the data protection act of Argentina cannot be imposed by judges

2004-04-20T18:51:00.000-07:00

The Court of Apeals of Tucuman ruled on Feb. 2004 that fines in the Data Protection Act of Argentina (section 31) cannot be imposed by judges. "The only one authorized by law to impose fines under the Arg. Data Protection Act is the Data Protection Agency" said the judges. Since its creation, the Argentine DPA have not imposed any fines. In a recent seminar, held in Buenos Ares the staff of the

The Public Voice Roundtable on Consumers and Privacy in South America (Buenos Aires, April 16, 2004)

2004-04-16T18:51:00.000-07:00

The Public Voice Roundtable on Consumers and Privacy in South America (Buenos Aires, April 16, 2004)

The United Kingdom Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003

2004-03-09T05:22:00.000-08:00

Morrison & Foerster - Legal Update - The United Kingdom Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003

LawMeme - Argentine spam case mentioned

2004-02-27T16:55:00.000-08:00

LawMeme - Argentina

Data Protection in Argentina

2004-02-26T05:26:00.000-08:00

The data protection agency of Argentina has enacted regulation 1/2004 (Offic. Jour. Feb. 26, 2004), establishing a census for private databases. Registration is mandatory between March 1, 2004 and April 30, 2004 for all companies and individuals. See Regulation 1/2004 at Infoleg

New web site of the spanish data protection agency.

2004-02-21T05:58:00.000-08:00

The Data Protection Agency of Spain has renew its web site with excellent resources... see here

Jurisprudencia - Revista DatosPersonales - Comunidad de Madrid

2004-01-25T05:49:00.000-08:00

Jurisprudencia - Revista DatosPersonales - Comunidad de Madrid

Will DVD acquittal mean tougher copyright laws? | CNET News.com

2003-12-25T07:12:00.000-08:00

Will DVD acquittal mean tougher copyright laws? | CNET News.com

Canada deems P2P downloading legal | CNET News.com

2003-12-25T07:02:00.000-08:00

Canada deems P2P downloading legal | CNET News.com

eTaiwanNews.com/Taiwan urged to speed up anti-spam law

2003-12-22T09:59:00.000-08:00

eTaiwanNews.com/Taiwan urged to speed up anti-spam law

Spammers Surrender to Authorities (TechNews.com)

2003-12-22T09:57:00.000-08:00

Spammers Surrender to Authorities (TechNews.com)

RIAA lawsuit strategy illegal

2003-12-22T09:38:00.000-08:00

Court: RIAA lawsuit strategy illegal | CNET News.com

Wired News: Argentina Won't Copy RIAA Tactic

2003-12-19T09:32:00.000-08:00

Wired News: Argentina Won't Copy RIAA Tactic

European Court of Justice Clarifies the Application of Data Protection Directive to Websites

2003-12-18T06:21:00.000-08:00

Morrison & Foerster - Legal Update - European Court of Justice Clarifies the Application of Data Protection Directive to Websites

ARGENTINA: Presidential decree establishes freedom of information in the Executive Power

2003-12-10T16:11:00.000-08:00

On December 3, 2003 the president enacted decree 1172/2003. This decree contains three different regulations comprising: (I) notice of proposed rulemaking procedures, (ii) access to public information, and (iii) publicity of meeting of public services controlling bodies. The regulations related to access to public information are very similar to the text of the Bill that currently is being

Congress Poised for Vote on Anti-Spam Bill

2003-11-21T15:39:00.000-08:00

NYtimes reports that House and Senate negotiators reached agreement today on a law to crack down on the floods of unsolicited e-mail messages that clog the nation's cybermail boxes. URL: http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/21/politics/21CND-SPAM.html?hp

Echoes of the spam case / Repercusiones 2

2003-11-21T13:40:00.000-08:00

The Spam case of last week was published in the BNA Commerce List of Michael GEist, the TERRA/Lycos site, Alfa Redi, Wired [in Spanish] and Diario Clarin.-

Spam in Brazil

2003-11-21T13:06:00.000-08:00

BRAZIL LAUNCHES SELF-REGULATION ANTI-SPAM CAMPAIGN A group of Brazilian Internet and direct-advertising companies has launched an anti-spam crusade they claim is unprecedented in scope anywhere in the world. It is based on a strict code of ethics for advertisers and the principle that the industry can regulate itself. The code obliges email advertisers to tell consumers who they are, to observe

Spam in Argentina

2003-11-21T08:08:00.000-08:00

Diario Clarin, the most important newspaper in the country, runs a story today about our spam case. See http://www.clarin.com/diario/hoy/s-04501.htmLA PROTECCION DE LOS DATOS PERSONALES Primer caso judicial en el país contra el envío de correo basura por Internet.- por Maria CopaniPor primera vez en la Argentina un juez se expide contra el envío de correo electrónico no solicitado, el llamado

Data Protection Law and Spam

2003-11-19T07:51:00.000-08:00

First Spam case in Argentina.- by Pablo Palazzi On November 11, 2003 a federal judge from the City of Buenos Aires issued the first injunction in a spam case. Plaintiffs Gustavo Daniel Tanus and Pablo Andres Palazzi, two national experts in data protection law, sued a well known spammer under the new data protection law of Argentina. In their complaint the two plaintiffs argued that section 27

eHealth in Latin America and the Caribbean: Development and Policy Issues

2003-11-06T14:39:00.000-08:00

eHealth in Latin America and the Caribbean: Development and Policy Issuesby Roberto J Rodrigues - Ahmad RiskThis paper reviews trends and issues in health and in the information and communication technologies (ICT) market as they relate to the deployment of eHealth solutions in Latin America and the Caribbean. Heretofore designed for industrialized countries and large organizations, eHealth

Cybercrime

2003-10-27T15:16:00.000-08:00

Brazil Becomes a Cybercrime Lab: The New York Times runs a feature on the growth of Brazilian cybercrime. Last year, the world's ten most active Internet vandals and criminals were reportedly Brazilian!

Brazil- NEW LAW REGARDING INTERNET PROVIDERS

2003-09-29T06:10:00.000-07:00

NEW LAW REGARDING INTERNET PROVIDERS: The Mayor of Rio de Janeiro approved Law Nr. 3.644/2003 which sets forth the obligation for Internet providers established in Rio de Janeiro to provide the City Council for Teenagers and Children' Rights ("CMDCA"), once every three months, a list of all the web pages hosted by them. Violation of the rule will incur fines of R$ 5.320,50 for the first official

Silenced: Censorship and Control of the Internet

2003-09-28T13:08:00.000-07:00

PI and GreenNet Release Internet Censorship Survey A new global study of Internet censorship in over fifty countries and regions has found that Internet restrictions, government secrecy and communications surveillance have reached an unprecedented level across the world. The twelve-month study conducted by Privacy International and the GreenNet Educational Trust has found that a sharp escalation

Brazil

2003-09-22T06:32:00.000-07:00

INTERNET ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE: The Federal Government of Brazil enacted Decree No. 4.829/03 consolidating the creation of the Brazilian Internet Management Committee ("CGIbr"). The Committee's assignments are, among others, to establish guidelines related to the use and development of the Internet in Brazil, including guidelines related to the organization of the relationships between the

Data Protection registry in Argentina

2003-09-19T06:11:00.000-07:00

The Data Protection Agency of Argentina has launched a pilot project for the new registry of private databases. The site, located at the url http://neo.jus.gov.ar features a form to start registering private databases. This is only a test, so numbers, persons, method of paying and other data is only fictional. To try the system go to "ver aquí" and "nuevos usuarios". Try the form "Formulario de

Spam in Brazil

2003-09-08T06:25:00.000-07:00

BILL OF LAW REGULATING SPAMMING PRACTICE On August 28, Senator Hélio Costa presented a Bill of Law against the practice of spamming in Brazil. According to this bill, companies would be able to send a spam message once and the message would disclose its subject matter and identify the sender’s name and address. This bill would prohibit companies from resending the messages without prior and

Opt in for Spam in Chile

2003-08-31T21:25:00.000-07:00

Chile plans to regulate spam in the consumer protection field. See section 20 B of the Bill. More info here Information provided by Renato Jijena.

Brazil- Open Source

2003-08-26T10:15:00.000-07:00

The Brazilian Congress has created the so-called Parliamentary Coalition for Free Software, a committee that aims at expanding information technology in Brazil. According to a Committee member, Brazil would only be able to develop information technology on a large scale by means of free software. Furthermore, the president of the National Institute of Information Technology disclosed that free

Jurisdiction decision for Spam cases in Argentina

2003-08-26T10:04:00.000-07:00

On 8/21/2003 the civil and commercial court of appeals of Buenos Aires decided that it has jurisdiction to hear a spam case. The case was remanded to the district court for a hearing and an injuction is going to be requested by the plaintiff. A commercial judge of the city of Buenos Aires have previously ruled that he does not have jurisdiction to hear the case based on the matter (privacy) and

Spam in Colombia

2003-08-21T07:00:00.000-07:00

In the second judicial decision in Latin America related to spam (the first one was in Brazil) a judge ordered the defendant to stop sending unwanted emails to the plaintiff. The judge based its decision in the habeas data clause of the Colombian Constitution. See decision at http://www.alfa-redi.org/upload/revista/80403--0-7-diaz082003.pdf

Peru: New data protection bill

2003-08-18T06:29:00.000-07:00

In Peru a new data protection bill is proposing to protect the personal and familiar right to privacy. The bill was introduced by Rep. Celina Palomino Sulca.- See Text of the Bill.

Beginning...

2003-08-16T19:00:00.000-07:00

This is a follow-up of my web page related to Data Protection and Habeas Data in Latin America located at http://ulpiano.com/DataProtection-LA-links.htm

FOIA BILL

2003-08-08T10:40:00.000-07:00

August 8, 2003. In a meeting with Peter Eigen, from Transparency International the Ministry of Justice of Argentina said yesterday that the Senate must approve the FOI Bill to bring transparency to the Administration. See La Nacion, 8-8-20

Workplace Privacy in Argentina

2003-07-16T07:01:00.000-07:00

July 2003. Two recent Spanish cases have decided that workers have a right to privacy in their email. Similar judicial decisions by of the Court of Appeals of Buenos Aires addresed the issue of privacy in the workplace in the same manner.

Argentina

2003-07-13T11:11:00.000-07:00

Big Brother is coming to Argentina: On July 13, 2003 another data scandal occurred. One of the most important newspaper in Argentina, diario Clarin, reported that the government was planning to gather in a database all the information available in different databases in the public administration. At the same time the government was planning to renovate and issue new i.d. for all the citizens and

Argentina - EU

2003-06-30T11:16:00.000-07:00

June 30, 2003. EU ISSUES DATA PROTECTION ADEQUACY FINDING FOR ARGENTINA! Argentina has become the first Latin American country to receive the EU Data Protection Working Party's approval for its data protection framework. The adequacy finding means that data can freely flow between EU member states and Argentina without fear of violating the EU Data Protection Directive. Decision at

Seminar in Buenos Aires.

2003-06-25T06:58:00.000-07:00

June 25 and July 2 and 3, 2003 - Data Protection Seminar organized by the Buenos Aires City Bar Assoc. and the Directorate of Data Protection of Argentina, invited the Data Protection Commissioner of Canada Mr. George Radwaski and Mr. Michel Gentot , Presidente de la Comisión Nacional para la Informática y las Libertades of France - CNIL [html].

Habeas Data in Argentina

2003-06-16T07:25:00.000-07:00

Argentina. I authored an article commenting a recent decision on habeas data and privacy by the Administrative Court of Appeals of Buenos Aires. See Rectificación de datos personales, carga de la prueba y costas en el habeas data [PDF].

Spam

2003-06-16T07:23:00.000-07:00

Argentina. The traditional La Nacion newspaper runs an editorial about the raise of spam in Internet and the need to find a legal solution. It proposes to enact a bill [Spam Bill] drafted by the Secretary of Telecom of Argentina in the year 2001.

Data Protection in Latin America

2003-06-16T07:08:00.000-07:00

Seminar of Data Protection in Guatemala (in La Opinion Digital), as reported by Agencia EFE. The participants of the Seminar DATA PROTECTION IN LATIN AMERICA, in the city of Antigua, proposed to create an Iberoamerican Network of Data Protection. Mr. José Luis Piñar Mañas, the director of Agencia de Protección de Datos de España was pleased with the declaration of the Seminar. Thirteen

Argentina

2003-06-13T11:14:00.000-07:00

July 13, 2003. Big Brother is coming to Argentina: On July 13, 2003 another data scandal occurred. One of the most important newspaper in Argentina, diario Clarin, reported that the government was planning to gather in a database all the information available in different databases in the public administration. At the same time the government was planning to renovate and issue new i.d. for all

2003-05-12T07:33:00.000-07:00

Pablo A. Palazzi is an attorney at law graduated from Catholic University of Argentina with an LLM in International Law from at Fordham University (LLM International Business and Trade Law), where he was a World Bank Scholar. He is also Director of the law review Derecho y Nuevas tecnologías. His principal area of expertise is data protection, Internet law, and Intellectual property law. He has