Paraguay launches new law for personal data protection

The new Paraguayan bill arises from the need for comprehensive data protection, taking into account all current digital development and its incorporation into everyday life. According to the explanatory memorandum of the legal text, this proposal is intended to provide a “comprehensive treatment of personal data” and ensure the “right to privacy in the digital age.”

The legislative text, which is inspired by the diversity of regulations existing on the European continent, considers that individuals not only want to protect their data in the financial sector, but also in all areas related to digitization or the virtual world as a right fundamental in today’s society.

The constitutional framework does not contemplate the concept “protection of personal data” or “informational self-determination”, being the power by which the individual can control their data. However, in articles 33, 24 and 35 of the Constitution, which refer to the rights to privacy, inviolability of private areas and identification documents, it can be interpreted that these concepts were protected.

Background

Until October 2020, Paraguay had Law 1682/01, which was in charge of regulating private information and its amendments. But it was limited to information that could not be disseminated, and was also not outdated because it did not contemplate internet stocks and everything related to the digital age.

As of October 2020, Law 6534/20 on the “protection of personal credit data” comes into force, repealing the previous rule and its amendments, leaving all information that is not in the credit spectrum legally disregarded.

M. Rodríguez

Fuente: thecryptolegal.com