He Reniec reported, through a statement, that the exposure of personal data on the web platform of the Election Registry 2026 is a “legal, mandatory and transparent step” supported by the Organic Law of Elections (Law No. 26859). This response generated discontent from citizens on social networks, as they warned that their private information was being violated.
One of the users responded to the institution claiming that it can not only access their data, but that of any citizen. “But not only my information appears, but thousands of people’s information appears. There are thousands of pages and each one contains everyone’s data. The way to enter is the DNI number and a single-digit number,” he wrote.
In the same way, another wrote “And why do you also publish the address, you incapable!”. One of them even published the identity document of President José Jeríwhere its direction is observed, and I use Reniec’s same argument as justification: “it is legal.”
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Reniec assures that the publication of the electoral roll is necessary
According to the Reniec statement, as part of the Initial Register List (LPI) The following information is published per citizen: Names, surnames and ID number; photograph and digitized signature; district, province, department and voting table.
They assured that all of this allows them to “verify electoral information and help guarantee a clean and reliable process.”
This is not the first time that Reniec data has been leaked
This is not the first time that a data leak from Reniec has been reported. Private information such as names, addresses, signatures and photos was exposed nationwide, however, the entity explained that it was improper use on the part of the Mininter.
“In March, there has been no hacking or attack on our computer servers. The exposure of the recently reported data was not the result of a breach of RENIEC security, but of improper use by a user of the Ministry of the Interior (MININTER),” they indicated in a statement.
On that occasion, Juan Ñahue, specialist in Economic Administrative Law and founder of Dosis Legal, explained toThe Republicthat irregular access to sensitive information from the database ofRenieccould have facilitatedmassive registration of citizens in political partieswithout your consent. As detailed, the data presented – such as full name, ID number and address – are sufficient to complete the forms required for political affiliation.
