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Colombia: SIC orders Aura Milena Amaya Torres to eliminate the publication of personal data and images of a minor

September 20, 2022
Summary

The Colombian data protection authority (SIC) issued Resolution No. 63823 on 16 September 2022, ordering Aura Milena Amaya Torres to remove a minor's personal data and images from her social networks and databases. This action was taken after a complaint from the minor's father and due to Torres' failure to prove she had consent to publish the data or an information treatment policy in place, as required by Articles 17(b) and 17(o) of the Data Protection Law. The SIC also mandated Torres to implement an information treatment policy and urged Mini World International to adopt measures for responding to citizen inquiries and SIC requests.

SIC mandates removal of a minor's data by Aura Milena Amaya Torres, citing lack of consent.

The Colombian data protection authority ('SIC') published, on 16 September 2022, Resolution No. 63823 of 2022, in which it ordered Mrs. Aura Milena Amaya Torres, responsible for data processing and organiser of the Mini World International Corp., to eliminate the publication of personal data and images of a minor, pursuant to Articles 17(b) and 17(o) of Statutory Law 1581 of 2012 (October 2017) Which Issues General Provisions for the Protection of Personal Data ('the Data Protection Law'), following receiving a complaint by the minor's father. Background to the case In particular, the SIC noted that Mrs. Aura Milena Amaya Torres, as the data controller, published on social network accounts t