The third investigation on the series of Personal Data and Privacy was launched this week. The research addresses health rights and labor law, with recommendations that aim to guide State action on the treatment of personal health data in Paraguay, where the regulatory system still does not comply with international standards and fundamental principles on […]
Paraguay spent 35 years under the military dictator, Alfredo Stroessner. During that time communications were illegally intercepted, and sensitive information was gathered and stored in large databases. An example of this is the police database discovered in 1992, popularly known as the “Terror Files.” Who can spy us? National Police The National Police is the […]
A major newspaper in Paraguay has revealed that top members of the military spied on one of its journalists. According to them, the journalist was the object of unlawful espionage due to her work on corruption inside the military. The Public Ministry has acknowledged the issue and it has had access to evidence provided by […]
Paraguayan ISP and cellular carrier Personal (www.personal.com.py) is currently blocking the satirical site http://abcolor.me from its users. The site allows users to create their own articles, which are then published with the exact same format -logo included- of the original newspaper’s site, ABC Color (www.abc.com.py). This was interpreted by social media users as a pun on the […]
