{"id":29573,"date":"2025-07-17T11:24:56","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T15:24:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tedic.org\/?p=29573"},"modified":"2025-07-28T10:49:30","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T14:49:30","slug":"paraguay-needs-a-robust-personal-data-protection-law-with-international-standards-and-real-safeguards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tedic.org\/en\/paraguay-needs-a-robust-personal-data-protection-law-with-international-standards-and-real-safeguards\/","title":{"rendered":"Paraguay needs a robust Personal Data Protection Law, with international standards and real safeguards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On Friday, July 4, 2025, TEDIC actively participated in the public hearing convened by the Senate\u2019s Commission on Science, Technology, Innovation, and Future, held in the context of analyzing the proposed law “Protection of Personal Data in Paraguay\u201d<\/a>. This project \u2014approved in both general and specific terms by the Chamber of Deputies in May of this year\u2014 represents a significant step forward in the legislative process initiated in 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

From TEDIC, in collaboration with other organizations forming part of the <\/a>Personal Data Coalition<\/a><\/strong>, we\u2019ve supported this process from the outset by providing technical analysis, comparative normative proposals, and alerts about the risks posed by a weak or incomplete law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The bill, docket D2162170<\/u><\/a> was introduced on May 5, 2021<\/a>. Over that period, 13 sessions were conducted to analyze the bill\u2019s draft. On December 17, 2024, it was generally approved<\/a> during a plenary session and referred to committees for detailed, article-by-article review. In the following months, the responsible committees conducted exhaustive study and introduced various amendments. Finally, on May 27, 2025, the bill was fully approved<\/a>, completing the first constitutional stage toward enactment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We firmly believe that Paraguay needs modern, comprehensive, and effective legislation on personal data protection. This law must recognize privacy as a fundamental human right and establish a normative framework that not only regulates data processing by the private sector, but also imposes limits and obligations on the State especially in activities involving sensitive data and surveillance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why is a personal data protection law necessary?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In the digital age, our personal data is a strategic resource. Its indiscriminate use can have serious consequences\u2014from algorithmic discrimination and political persecution to identity theft, fraud, mass surveillance, restrictions on free expression, and violations of intimacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the international level, the trend is clear: data protection frameworks must align with human rights standards such as the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) or Council of Europe Convention 108+. These standards recognize fundamental principles that must govern any processing of personal data: legality, purpose limitation, proportionality, data minimization, security, transparency, and proactive accountability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Latin America, countries like Uruguay, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, and Chile have advanced toward more modern and coherent legislation. Paraguay, on the other hand, still lacks comprehensive law and remains lagging in global rankings for personal data protection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you’d like to share this information with others, we recommend this short video that explains the topic clearly and concisely<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n