WE ALERT ABOUT THE SALE OF PERSONAL DATA ON THE INTERNET

Reports to the Security Line and Trusted Chat identify websites that offer personal information; this material can be used to extort, defraud or steal identity

The Citizen Council for Security and Justice of Mexico City warned of websites that sell packages of personal data, thereby violating the privacy, intimacy and security of citizens.

Through the Security Line and the Confidence Chat, the agency received reports from people whose information, such as name, telephone number, address, educational level and even their vehicle license plates or credit card numbers, is offered on sale without your authorization.

Among the websites mentioned for marketing this data are auxiliarjuridico.com and dateas.com.

“The sale of personal data threatens the security of citizens, since they could be an input for extortion, committing fraud, identity theft and increasing the vulnerability of women victims of gender or family violence, by allowing their aggressors buy information about their address or telephone number”, explained Salvador Guerrero Chiprés, president of the organization.

The reports indicate that the websites claim to have data such as the CURP, RFC, vehicle registrations, real estate, lawsuits, criminal records or SAT blacklists.

The information is provided by unit queries or subscriptions by number of accesses, unlimited or annual, at costs ranging from 259 to 105 thousand pesos.

Article 16 of the Constitution, in its second paragraph, establishes that everyone has the right to the protection of their personal data, to access, rectify and cancel them, and to express their opposition. These are known as ARCO rights (Access, Rectification, Cancellation and Opposition).

“This is a guarantee that empowers citizens to know at all times who has their data, what they are used for and, in case of disagreement, demand their annulment,” explained Guerrero Chiprés .

In the framework of the International Day for the Protection of Personal Data, to be commemorated on January 28, the Citizen Council called for strengthening cybersecurity from the individual level, to ensure that the user of the Internet and social networks is the one who really has control of the information it provides.

He recommended reviewing privacy notices, limiting individual information delivered on social networks, avoiding the storage of personal data on devices, and closing e-mail or network sessions when leaving navigation.

The agency promotes a culture of cyber prevention that allows citizens to be alert, carry out constant monitoring, and report sites that sell personal data.

Through the Security Line and the Confidence Chat 55 5533 5533, it offers free, confidential advice, 24/7, to any part of the country.