[972] Bill No. 223 of 2003 would amend Articles 15, 24, 28, 250 of the Constitution of Colombia to combat terrorism.
[973] Law No. 23 of 1981.
[974] Decree No. 229 of 1995.
[975] Law No. 599 of 2000.
[976] Article 192 of the Criminal Code provides that a person who illicitly removes, hides, misleads, destroys, intercepts, controls or cuts a private communication directed to another person, or illegally finds out its content, shall be punished with imprisonment of one to three years. If the author of that conduct reveals the content of the communication, or uses it for his own, or other people's, benefit, or to cause damage to another, he or she shall be punished with imprisonment of two to four years.
[977] Article 193 of the Criminal Code provides that a person who, without permission of competent authority, offers, sells, or purchases suitable instruments to intercept private communications, shall be punished with fine.
[978] Such as United Nations Resolution 45/96 of 1990 and the 1995 European Union Data Protection Directive. See "Congressional report for the first debate of House bill No. 201, Senate bill No. 071 of 2002, by which the fundamental right to the "habeas data" is regulated integrally (Newspaper of Congress - Gaceta del Congreso - 234 of May 30th).
[979] "Habeas data" is the right to know, update, and rectify information gathered about individuals in data banks and the records of public and private entities.
[980] El Tiempo May 12, 2003; Portafolio (May 8, 2003) and Revista Semana No. 1099, May 2003.
[981] Articles 13 and 28 of Law No. 594 of July 4, 2000.
[982] Law No. 594 of July 4, 2000.