Public Voice Roundtable
Consumers and Privacy in South America
April 16, 2004
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Organized by
the Electronic Privacy
Information Center
Consumers
International (Oficina para América latina y el Caribe)
the Instituto de Derecho del Consumidor del Colegio Público
de Abogados de la Capital Federal
the Foro de Habeas Data
Conference Information
Objectives
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Promote the dialogue between South American consumer protection
organizations, experts in consumer and privacy law and government
data protection agencies.
Location
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Colegio Público de Abogados de la Capital Federal
Corrientes 1441 – Ciudad de Buenos Aires - Argentina
Agenda
Speakers
Reference documents
Workshop report
- Antonino Serra, "Datos privados, preocupación pública," (pdf) Consumidores y Desarrollo, pp. 21-22 (Consumers International, Enero-Abril 2004).
Speakers Presentations
- Liliana Svartz's presentation, Consumidores y Privacidad
- Katitza Rodriguez's presentation, Entrenamientos en seguridad y privacidad informática realizados por Privaterra en el Perú (pdf) (slide show)
- Gabriel Martinez Medrano, Argentina: Empresas de Riesgo Crediticio, Habeas Data y Derechos del Consumidor (pdf)
- Pablo Palazzi, Obtención de datos personales en relaciones de consumo (consecuencias para usuarios y consumidores desde el punto de vista del derecho a la privacidad y la protección de datos personales) (pdf)
- Eduardo Mercovich, presentation
Reference Materials
- EPIC & Privacy International, Privacy and Human Rights 2003:
- Privaterra's work in Peru: Privacy and Secure Communication to Human Rights NGOs and Journalists in Peru: Project Overview (pdf)
- Privaterra's Guides on Information security and data privacy; Guías sobre seguridad y privacidad de la información
- Prof. Antonio Aveleyra, The Communication of Personal Data Messages in Mexico (country report) (pdf document in Spanish) (pdf document in English)
- Argentina's Personal Data Protection Act of October 2000 (Act 25.326). (More links to legislative documents)
- OECD & APEC Privacy Guidelines:
- OECD Guidelines (1980) (OECD Guidelines on the Protection of Privacy and Transborder Flows of Personal Data)
- APEC Privacy Guidelines, Consultation draft (pdf) (version 10, March 31, 2004)
- Graham Greenleaf, Criticisms of the APEC Privacy Principles (Version 9) and recommendations for improvements: (March 19, 2004)
- Documents on Choicepoint:
- Miscellaneous resources:
- Pablo A. Palazzi, Data Protection materials in Latin American Countries [and worldwide]; Protección de Datos Personales, Privacidad y Habeas Data en América Latina: Recopilación de Doctrina, Legislación y Jurisprudencia
- Andres Guadamuz, Habeas Data: The Latin-American Response to Data Protection
- Pablo A. Palazzi, Data Protection Blog
- Prof. Antonio Aveleyra, El Derecho a la Intimidad de la Vida Privada
- Órganos Nacionales de Protección de Datos Personales
- Authorities in charge of data protection:
- National data protection legislation or bills:
- Argentina, Personal Data Protection Act of 2000
- Brazil, Habeas Data Act of 1997 (in Portuguese)
- Chile, Law for the Protection of Private Life of 1999) (in Spanish)
- Colombia, Law No. 23 of 1981 (protection of medical records); Decree No. 229 of 1995 (protects the confidentiality of correspondence) (in Spanish)
- Costa Rica, Bill on habeas data (in Spanish)
- Ecuador, Constitución Política de la República del Ecuador, Registro Oficial No. 1 del 1 de agosto de 1998, Art. 94 (in Spanish); Bill on electronic commerce of 2000 (including provisions on the right to privacy) (in Spanish)
- Paraguay, Law for the Protection of Personal Data in the Private Sector (2000) (in Spanish)
- Peru, Law No. 23.061 on Habeas Data of 1994 (in Spanish)
- Uruguay, Bill on the right to information and habeas data (in Spanish)
Contact
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Cédric Laurant - chlaurant@epic.org; tel.: +1(202) 483-1140
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