COIP, revelación ilegal de base de datos
Código Orgánico Integral Penal (COIP), art. 229 (revelación ilegal de base de datos)
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In force since 10 February 2014.
A computer misuse rule binding public and private bodies.
As of 5 September 2026.
What it requires
- Do not reveal information registered in a file, archive, database, or similar medium, obtained through or directed at a computer, telematic or telecommunications system, for your own or a third party's benefit, in a way that breaches a person's secrecy, privacy or intimacy.
If you get it wrong
Criminal exposureYes
Private right of actionNo
Criminal exposure note
One to three years' imprisonment; three to five years where committed by a public servant, a bank or financial-cooperative employee, or a contractor (art. 229).
What this law does
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Article 229 punishes, with one to three years' imprisonment, a person who, for their own benefit or a third party's, reveals information registered or contained in files, archives, databases, or similar media, through or directed at an electronic, computer, telematic, or telecommunications system, deliberately and intentionally breaching the secrecy, privacy, and intimacy of persons.
The penalty rises to three to five years where a public servant, or a bank or savings-and-credit-cooperative employee carrying out financial intermediation, or a contractor commits the same act.
When LexLint raises it
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Read the law
Official COIP text (Registro Oficial Suplemento 180, 10 de febrero de 2014)
reproduced by SHERLOC, the UNODC's Sharing Electronic Resources and Laws on Crime database