Can you summarize Ley N 1969/2002 Que modifica, ampla y deroga varios artculos de la Ley N 1682/2001 (in Spanish)?

Short Summary

This law modifies, expands, and repeals several articles of Law No. 1682/2001, which regulates the processing of personal data. The purpose of this law is to regulate the collection, storage, distribution, publication, modification, destruction, duration, and overall treatment of personal data contained in files, records, databases, or any other technical means of data processing, whether public or private, intended to provide reports, in order to guarantee the full exercise of the rights of data subjects. The law establishes that individuals have the right to collect, store, and process personal data strictly for private use. Public sources of information are freely accessible to everyone. The law also sets conditions for the publication or dissemination of personal data related to individuals’ financial situation, economic solvency, or compliance with commercial and financial obligations. It requires the permanent updating of personal data and imposes obligations on companies, individuals, or entities that store, process, and disclose such information. Non-compliance with the law may result in fines, which can be increased for repeat offenses.

Whom does it apply to?

All entities that collect, store, process, and disclose personal data

What does it govern?

Regulate the collection, storage, distribution, publication, modification, destruction, duration, and overall treatment of personal data contained in files, records, databases, or any other technical means of data processing, whether public or private, intended to provide reports, in order to guarantee the full exercise of the rights of data subjects

What are exemptions?

This law does not apply to databases or sources of journalistic information or to the freedoms of expression and information

What are the Penalties?

Fines ranging from one hundred to four hundred minimum daily wages for various labor activities, which may be doubled, tripled, quadrupled, and so on for each subsequent offense

Jurisdiction

Paraguay

Source

Ley N 1969/2002 Que modifica, ampla y deroga varios artculos de la Ley N 1682/2001 (in Spanish) [https://reggi.cloud.regology.com/regulations/PY-L/PY-L_OS_PD2]

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