This Tuesday, the Science, Innovation and Technology Commission of Congress evaluated the measures adopted by the National Registry of Identification and Civil Status (Reniec) in response to the alleged exposure of personal data of millions of citizens.
During the session, the national head of Reniec, Carmen Velarde Koechlin, categorically denied that any leak or hack had occurred in the institution’s systems.
“There was no violation. There was compliance with the Organic Law of Elections in the publication of the list of the initial registry“said Velarde during his presentation to the parliamentarians.
The official specified that the dissemination of the initial registry was carried out in compliance with a legal mandate, which allows citizen supervision and inspection by the National Elections Jury (JNE) before the approval of the final electoral registry.
Likewise, he clarified that the initial registry does not constitute the electoral registry, but rather its publication aims to correct observations, such as the inclusion of deceased people or incorrect addresses.
Velarde indicated that access to the platform was individual and restricted to the voter’s district, and described the version regarding an alleged massive data exposure as false.
“It is false that the data of 27 million voters was accessed. Access was individual and only to the district of each citizen”, he indicated.
In addition, the head of Reniec stated that no fingerprints, signatures or biometric data were released, and that security measures included automatic blocking after three access attempts from the same IP address.
“If I place too many security measures that prevent entry, the transparency required by the Organic Law of Elections would not be met.”he added.
