La protección de datos personales en Europa y en Colombia, similitudes y diferencias

Abstract

Due to the rapid technological development of recent years, it is necessary that governments think about updating their laws and policies on the processing of personal data, for example, the rise of social networks, the Internet of things, nanotechnology, etc. , make data collection easier and more accurate for companies dedicated to it. With this problem comes a marketing issue where personal data are used to profile people, create new forms of addictive entertainment, product promotions, or simply for improper purposes. Habeas Data laws already exist in most countries, such as in Latin America where different types of Habeas Data models are used (Puccinelli, 2019) to regulate the processing of personal data, or the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) currently implemented in the European Union as a framework for data protection. Implementing data protection laws at this scale implies time and cost, not only for governments but also for companies that have to make modifications to their information systems to comply with the regulation at its different levels of complexity.