translated from Spanish: Senator Harboe criticized CPLT ruling and called for the departure of its director

Last Saturday, Senator Felipe Harboe (PPD) called the recent failure of the Council for Transparency (CPLT) for the use of Ministry of Education’s databases for the use of Ministry of Education databases for the use of Ministry of Education databases unacceptable, nefarious and most serious (Mineduc). The parliamentarian said he will take legal action to reverse this ruling and come out in defense of the privacy of all Chileans and Chileans. “This resolution is the most serious fact we have had regarding personal data. The CPLT, starting today, will allow any public employee to use a database for a purpose other than the one that was created,” Harboe said annoyed. The agency’s critical resolution acquitted Minister Marcela Cubillos after being denounced after being sent a politically-minded email regarding a bill, taking advantage of a database created exclusively for the registration and the sending of results to parents and proxys. “It is unacceptable what has happened. I call for the immediate resignation of the president of the CPLT. The institutional damage that has been done with this process is incalculable. The CPLT had gained a prestige in our country and today, with this resolution, it throws everything overboard.” The president of the CPLT, Jorge Jaraquemada, is also executive director of the Jaime Guzmán Foundation, an entity belonging to the UDI, where Minister Cubillos also militates. He should therefore have refrained from participating in this vote, according to Senator PPD. According to the legislature, another record that was evident with the ruling is that mineduc used a database that it had not registered with the law, establishing a new illegality, since the Government carried out this procedure nine months after using it. Harboe contended that it will bring an appeal for protection against the CPLT ruling, given the obvious and flagrant violations of the law. The chairman of the Constitution and Public Security Committee put forward that as an opposition, “we are going to coordinate for the Senate chamber to reject the article that establishes the CPLT as the entity responsible for safeguarding personal data. We will also coordinate with Members so that the second procedure will also be done.” “I ask the Government to desist from the idea of handing over the protection of personal data to the CPLT. With this ruling, there will be a dire precedent for the future,” the legislator concluded.

Original source in Spanish