]> 2026-06-05T17:02:03+00:00 Privacy Rights/History/Country sources/Chile 0 en Article 16 of the 1812 Provisional Constitutional Regulation of Chile offered protections relevant to the right to privacy: "The right that the citizens have to the security of their persons, homes and effects and papers, will be respected; and no orders will be made without probable cause, supported by a judicial affirmation [juramento], and without designating with clarity the places or things that will be examined or apprehended." Article 224 of the 1822 Constitution of Chile proclaimed the sanctity of "the inviolability of letters and the freedom of private conversations". The right to privacy is protected under the current constitution. Article 19.4 protects personal life and data: "Respect and protection of the private life and honor of the individual and his family, and specifically, the protection of his personal data. The treatment and protection of these data will be handled in the manner and conditions set forth by law...." Article 19.5 protects the home and communication: "The inviolability of the home and of all forms or private communication. The home can only be searched and the private communications and documents intercepted, opened or registered in the circumstances and manner prescribed by law...." References: 1812 Provisional Constitutional Regulation of Chile:"Provisional Constitutional Regulation, 26/27 October 1812," Provisional Constitutional Regulation, 26/27 October 1812 (1812): 1-10: https://heinonline-org.proxygw.wrlc.org/HOL/Page?collection=cow&handle=hein.cow/zzcl0108&id=9&men_tab=srchresults 1822 Constitution of Chile: English translation of the Spanish original text of the Constitution of 1822 27 (2013) Chapter IV: Of the Administration of Justice and of the Individual Guarantees https://heinonline-org.proxygw.wrlc.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.cow/zzcl0114&id=27&collection=cow&index= 1980 Chile Constitution with revisions up to 2021: https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Chile_2021 What is the oldest written source in this country that mentions this right? 2024-05-17T02:25:45Z 2460447.6012153 Privacy Rights/History/Country sources/Chile Page name 102 en Page name