INAI has the right to defend everyone’s personal data, says Commissioner Julieta del Río
From the Editorial Staff
The newspaper La Jornada
Sunday, September 15, 2024, p. 5
In response to the reform initiative that seeks to eliminate the National Institute of Transparency, Access to Information and Protection of Personal Data (INAI), Commissioner Julieta del Río Venegas asserted that Mexico has the right to have autonomous organizations. to defend citizens’ information against any violation of their personal data
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At the First International Congress on Personal Data Protection and Artificial Intelligence, organized by the Institute for Access to Public Information of Guanajuato, he explained that the INAI and the country We face great challenges in the face of the advance of new technologies and misinformation
but also for the proposal which seeks to eliminate the institute and local organizations
. In light of this, he said, the question arises: Who will take care of everyone’s personal data? The initiative does not say so anywhere
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He stressed that another issue that should not be lost sight of is what will happen with the National Transparency Platform, a system managed by the INAI that allows users to consult public information, request it or complain about incomplete or negative responses. Who will manage it, who will be responsible for the more than 14 billion records it contains?
the commissioner asked.
Serious consequences
In turn, the national leader of the PRI, Alejandro Moreno, warned that if the constitutional reform that seeks to eliminate or centralize functions of autonomous organizations is approved, the consequences would be serious for the country, since They are key entities for the functioning of a healthy democracy, economic competition, government transparency and macroeconomic stability.
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Therefore, Alito He indicated that in addition to maintaining their existence, it is necessary to strengthen autonomous bodies, provide them with greater resources and powers and protect their autonomy.
