2023-06-14 03:11:55
The Council for Citizen Participation and Social Control must designate the Superintendent of Personal Data Protection from the shortlist sent by the Executive. Photo: File
As of June 2, 2023, the times began to run for the Council for Citizen Participation and Social Control (Cpccs) to designate the Personal Data Protection Superintendent. The body must select it from the shortlist sent by President Guillermo Lasso.
The process of designation of the new supervisory authority can take from 37 to 39 days. The shortlist sent by the Executive is made up of Vianna Di María Maino Isaías, Félix Gregory Chang Calvache and Blanca Esmeralda García Véliz.
Vianna Maino
Vianna Maino is the current Telecommunications Minister and has a degree in law and studies in international business. She has worked in the public and private sector.
Maino has a track record in regulation and concessions in infrastructure areas and technology. In addition, in public-social services (transport, port, airport, energy, postal, telecommunications, water, health).
Likewise, he has led negotiations with international corporations in these areas. He is also a specialist in Ecuador for international publications of the IDB and the World Bank.
Félix Chang
Félix Chang is an expert in personal data protection, security, digital transformation and Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). He is a professional with more than 20 years of experience in the public and private sector. In addition, he has a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from the Escuela Politécnica del Litoral.
His interest in the protection of personal data was born in the work of his professional activity, which influenced his entry into this world. Not only from the point of view of the users who own the personal data, but also from the business and social point of view.
Blanca Garcia
Blanca García is a lawyer and has a master’s degree in Business Law from the Espíritu Santo Private University of Specialties.
She has served as head of the Public Procurement Unit at the Teodoro Maldonado Carbo Hospital, in the city of Guayaquil and previously worked in the Municipality of Guayaquil.
The process of appointing the Superintendent of Personal Data Protection can take from 37 to 39 days, depending on the law firm Ecija Gpa. In other words, by July of this year there will already be a control authority to whom to denounce the violation of rights contemplated in the Personal Data Protection Law.
This regulation was published in the Official Register in May 2021. Private and public companies and organizations had two years to update their processes to comply with the provisions.
As of Friday, May 26, 2023, the Penalties for companies that fail to comply with the Personal Data Protection Law. A minor infraction may carry a fine of up to 0.7% of a company’s turnover. While a serious one, from 0.7% to 1% of the turnover. That is, the fine for the infraction is high.
Remember that, each person has ownership of their personal dataThis means that you own your information and no one can use it without proper authorization. If you feel your rights have been violated, you can report it to the control authority.
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