Bolivia. Human rights / constitutional. Constitutional provision

Art. 130 CPEPolitical Constitution of the Plurinational State of Bolivia, Article 130 (Acción de Protección de Privacidad)

In force

Partly verified

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§1Summary

Synopsis

Bolivia lacks a general data protection law; the Constitution gives a privacy protection action to know, object to and correct personal data, with consent rules for telecom/ICT data in supreme decrees.

Key themes

habeas data
privacy action
telecom consent

SaaS relevance

ICT/telecom-related SaaS must obtain express, prior, informed consent under Decree 1793.

§2Obligations

Extraterritorial: No
Breach notification: None
DPO: No
Cross-border transfers: None

§3Dates

Key dates

Adopted 7 February 2009
In force 7 February 2009
Sectoral telecom rules: Supreme Decrees 1391 (2012) and 1793 (2013); draft data protection bills discussed since 2023

§4Text and authority

Text

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Authority

None designated (sector regulators)

§5Where it applies

Domestic law of: Bolivia

§6Sources and verification

Verification

Medium confidence.

Partly verified

Medium confidence. No verification notes recorded.