translated from Spanish: Judge grants citizen provisional suspension against telephony standard

A federal judge granted the first provisional suspension to a telephony user so as not to lose their line if they do not record their biometric data in the National Mobile Phone Users Padron (PANAUT). 
With this decision of the judge, citizen Oscar González Abundis will not lose his mobile phone line even if he does not record his data in the PANAUT.
Judge Juan Pablo Gómez Fierro noted that the suspension of the telephone line would affect the user and having the data would not necessarily reduce the crimes.
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“(…) there is no notice of a direct or causal link between the existence of that pattern and a better investigation and prosecution of crimes, i.e. the degree of realization of the purpose pursued will not necessarily be greater than the affectation of the rights mentioned above,” says the judge of the Second District Court in Administrative Matters, Specializing in Economic Competition, Broadcasting and Telecommunications.
Although the judge noted that the creation of the pattern seeks to facilitate the prosecution of crimes and to have a database of the holders of a telephone line for the exchange of information with the competent authorities on security and justice.
Its resolution also states that there is no direct link between the delivery of user data and better prosecution of crimes. 
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“(…) it is not apparent how the delivery of such personal data, as an exception to the principle of its protection, could positively influence the public security activities that the State is obliged to deploy and even does not understand the extent to which the investigation and prosecution of the crime could be favoured, since the delivery of that personal data is not a necessary condition for the respective authorities to investigate more or better,” the resolution states.
The judge also argues that the cancellation of the telephone line to anyone who does not provide their biometric data “would influence the right of access to information and communication technologies, as well as broadcasting and telecommunications services.”
This would “affect the right to free access to plural and timely information, as well as to seek, receive and disseminate information and ideas of all kinds by any means of expression”.
 
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Original source in Spanish