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HERRERA CARPINTERO, Paloma. The right to privacy and the social networks in Chile. Rev. chil. derecho tecnol. [online]. 2016, vol.5, n.1, pp.87-112. ISSN 0719-2584.  http://dx.doi.org/10.5354/0719-2584.2016.41268.

The following article aims to describe the main problems and threats that raise in the social networks against the users and third parties’ privacy, under the Chilean law. For these effects, the Political Constitution of the Republic and the 19.628 law about privacy protection are analyzed, with the purpose to verify if the national normative is applied in an efficient and effective way in this type of virtual platforms. This paper finish making a series of recommendations aimed equally to both legislator and the common user of social networks with the goal of strengthen and watch over the prevailing legal system.

Palavras-chave : Right to privacy; right to the protection of personal data; social networks.

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