Footnotes

[877] Constitution of Chile, 1980, available at http://www.georgetown.edu/LatAmerPolitical/Constitutions/Chile/chile97.html.

[878] Law for the Protection of Private Life (Ley Sobre Protección de la Vida Privada), Law No.19628 of August 30, 1999, Official Journal, August 28, 1999.

[879] Law 19.812.

[880] The only exception will be if the employee will be administering money of the company or the employer. The new law also provides that the "right to forget" (the duration personal data can be stored) is reduced to five years for commercial debts and to zero years if the debt has been paid.

[881] Chile: A Country Report, 1994: United States Library of Congress.

[882] "Chile's Ex-Dictator Tries to Dictate His Future Role," The New York Times, February 1, 1998.

[883] Human Rights Committee Consideration of Chile's Fourth Periodic report, March 25, 1999.

[884] Ley No.19.423.

[885] "Rows Grow over Security Services," Southern Cone Report, September 12, 1996.

[886] "Television Nacional de Chile," BBC Summary of World Broadcasts, September 26, 1992.

[887] "Army's Bugging Centre Uncovered," Latin America Weekly Report, October 8, 1992.

[888] "Navy, Air Force Deny Allegations of Telephone Tapping," BBC Summary of World Broadcasts, September 28, 1992.

[889] "Chile Army to Take Action against Servicemen Involved in Telephone-Tapping Case," BBC Summary of World Broadcasts, November 27, 1992.

[890] United States Department of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices 2002, March 31, 2003, available at http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2002/18324.htm.

[891] BNA World Data Protection Report, Vol. 2, Issue 7, July 2002, at 5.

[892] Art. 30 of the European Union-Chile Association Agreement, October 3, 2002, available at http://europa.eu.int/comm/trade/issues/bilateral/countries/chile/euchlagr_en.htm; see also Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores - Dirección General de Relaciones Económicas Internacioles (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, General Directorate of International Economic Relations), Acuerdo de Asociación entre Chile y Unión Europea (Association Agreement between Chile and the European Union), http://www.direcon.cl/frame/acuerdos_internacionales/f_bilaterales.html.