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Date Article Title Publication Author Synopsis
1/6/2012 Brazil’s Insidious New Pregnancy Registration Law Violates the Privacy of Women slate.com Gillian Kane A new law passed on December 27 intends to help quell Brazil's high maternal mortality rate by requiring all pregnant women to register their pregnancies with the state.
12/21/2011 Mexico Issues New Privacy Regulations Effective December 22, 2011 Hunton & Williams Hunton & Williams Mexico has released the final version of its Regulations of the Federal Law for the Protection of Personal Data Held by Private Parties, which includes minor changes to the prior draft.
7/7/2011 Mexico Issues Privacy Regulations for Public Comment  Hunton & Williams Hunton & Williams Mexico's secretary of economy and the Federal Institute for Access to Information and Data Protection have released privacy regulations for public comment.
6/19/2011 Adoptees of Argentine media owner allow DNA tests Associated Press Almudena Calatrava A high-profile case involving two siblings of an Argentine media owner has taken another turn, with the siblings now agreeing to court-ordered DNA tests
6/14/2011 Peruvian Privacy Law Expected by July 28, 2011 Privacy and Information Security Law Blog Hunton & Williams The Congress of the Republic of Peru has passed the Personal Data Protection Law (Ley de Protección de Datos Personales, Proyecto de Ley 4079/2009-PE).
6/2/2011 Costa Rica Privacy Legislation Moves Forward Privacy and Information Security Law Blog Hunton & Williams The Supreme Court of Justice on April 27 endorsed the "Protection of the Person in the Processing of His Personal Data." 
6/2/2011 DNA tests for Argentine Clarin group heirs BBC News   An Argentine court has ruled that the adult children of adoptive parents must submit to DNA testing in order to determine whether they were born to military prisoners during the country's Dirty War from 1976 to 1983. 
4/6/2011 Update on Mexico's New Privacy Law Hogan Lovells Chronicle of Data Protection Christopher Wolf Mexico's data protection authority (IFAI) will not rush to carry out compliance inspections or take enforcement actions when the country's data protection law is implemented in July.
7/29/2010 Is Your Detergent Stalking You? Advertising Age Laurel Wentz Consumers in Brazil who purchase boxes of Omo detergent may find an unexpected ingredient inside as the company is adding GPS devices to allow promotions agency Bullet to follow shoppers to their homes with surprise gifts.
7/19/2010 New Mexican data protection law: strict requirements and severe penalties Lexology Fernando de Ovando and Mauricio F. Paez Mexico's new Federal Law for Protection of Personal Data Held by Private Persons (LFPDP) focuses on "controlled and informed" processing of personal data and ensuring Mexican citizens' "privacy and right to self-determination." 
7/6/2010 Mexico’s Data Protection Law Takes Effect IAPP Lina Ornelas Mexico's Federal Institute of Access to Public Information has announced that the country's new Federal Data Protection Law came into effect. 
7/5/2010 Adoption Scandal: Argentina Hounds a High-Profile Mom TIME Uki Goni Argentina's Abuelas de la Plaza de Mayo (Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo) have become convinced that when it comes to identifying the now-grown children stolen from murdered prisoners of the country's military dictatorship between 1976 and 1983, compulsory DNA testing is "a necessary evil with an ultimately beneficial result." 
6/24/2010 Argentine rights leader defends DNA database Associated Press Michael Warren A leading human rights activist in Argentina is speaking out in support of the National Genetics Bank as a tool in the efforts of the Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo to find children stolen from prisoners of the dictatorship between 1976 and 1983. 
6/4/2010 Argentine adoptees defend right to not know their past Toronto Star Michael Warren Argentina's National Genetics Bank was set to begin extracting DNA yesterday from the clothing of two citizens who are alleged to have been adopted illegally during the country's Dirty War from 1976 to 1983.
5/4/2010 Mexican Congress Passes Sweeping Data-Protection Bill Latin American Herald Tribune   Those convicted of selling confidential personal data collected by the government will face up to five years in prison under Mexico's new Federal Data Protection Act.
4/30/2010 Mexico passes Federal Data Protection Act IAPP Lena Ornelas Mexico's Senate unanimously approved the Federal Data Protection Act. 
3/26/2010 Phorm Launches Commercial Operation in Brazil ClickZ Jack Marshall Behavioral advertising company Phorm has partnered with five Internet service providers (ISPs) in Brazil and has secured millions in pre-booked ad revenue.
11/20/2009 Argentina forces dirty war orphans to provide DNA Associated Press Mayra Pertossi DNA technology has helped identify nearly 20 percent of Argentina's dirty war orphans--those who were kidnapped as babies during the country's turbulent Dirty War, 1976-1983. 
8/31/2009 http://www.datospersonales.gub.uy/sitio/decretos/Decreto-414-009.pdf Government of Uruguay Dr. Tabare Vazquez Uruguay's mandatory breach notification (Spanish).
6/28/2009 Costa Rica:  Future Law on Data Protection in Costa Rica Internet Business Law Services Data Protection Review The Legislative Assembly's Legal Matters Committee has voted in favour of a data protection bill--the Law on Individual's Protection against Personal Data Treatment. 
5/4/2009 Brazil health cameras irk staff BBC News Gary Duffy Officials may pursue legal action against a mayor who installed cameras in a health centre to monitor customer service.
3/31/2009 FBI: Thousands of PR children victims of ID theft Denver Post   The Federal Bureau of Investigation on Tuesday announced that the personal information of 7,000 public school children in Puerto Rico was stolen by members of an identity theft ring.
11/27/2008 Feds Abandon Effort To Obtain Records Of Online Book Purchases USA Today Ryan Foley U.S. Magistrate Judge Stephen Crocker ruled that customers have a First Amendment right to keep their reading habits to themselves. The ruling led federal prosecutors to withdraw a subpoena that sought to obtain the identities of consumers who bought used books through Amazon.com. 
11/27/2008 Feds Abandon Effort To Obtain Records Of Online Book Purchases USA Today Ryan Foley U.S. Magistrate Judge Stephen Crocker ruled that customers have a First Amendment right to keep their reading habits to themselves. The ruling led federal prosecutors to withdraw a subpoena that sought to obtain the identities of consumers who bought used books through Amazon.com. 
12/20/2007 European Consumer Groups Ramp Up Pressure To Achieve Privacy Review Of Google-DoubleClick Deal Info World Paul Meller A consumer group, joined by three national associations, yesterday warned the European Commission that Google's proposed acquisition of online advertising company DoubleClick would weaken consumer privacy and increase prices for online goods and services.
12/20/2007 European Consumer Groups Ramp Up Pressure To Achieve Privacy Review Of Google-DoubleClick Deal Quantcast
Info World
Paul Meller A consumer group, joined by three national associations, yesterday warned the European Commission that Google's proposed acquisition of online advertising company DoubleClick would weaken consumer privacy and increase prices for online goods and services.
12/12/2007 Government Launches Data Protection Website The Bahama Journal Lindsay Thompson The government has officially launched its premier website for the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner, an aim to defend the privacy of personal information.
12/12/2007 Government Launches Data Protection Website The Bahama Journal Lindsay Thompson The government has officially launched its premier website for the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner, an aim to defend the privacy of personal information.
8/3/2007 Mexico, IT & Telecoms, Online Personal Data Protection Mondaq   Exploring the issues related to the pursuit of a data protection law in Mexico that achieves a balance between data protection and the free flow of information for commerce.
 
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