Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy for our campaign

Thanks for visiting our website. Your privacy is important to us. To better protect your privacy, we provide this notice explaining our online information practices and the choices you can make about the way your information is collected and used at this website. Justicia Forense – DNA Latin America takes precautions to keep the information disclosed to us secure, and we will not intentionally disclose such information to third parties for commercial purposes. To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure the appropriate use of information, we have implemented electronic safeguards as well as internal organizational procedures to safeguard and protect the information you provide.

The information we collect

In the sections of this site, you can contact us. The types of personally identifiable information that may be collected on these pages include: name, address, email address, telephone number and information about you and your interest in services we may offer or provide. We may also collect certain non-personally identifiable information when you visit many of our web pages, such as the type of browser you are using (e.g., Netscape, Internet Explorer), the type of operating system you are using (e.g., Windows ‘ 95 or Mac OS) and the domain name of your Internet service provider.

How we use information

We may use the information you provide about yourself to fulfill your requests for our products, programs and services, to respond to your inquiries about our offers and to offer you other products, programs or services that we believe may be of interest to you. We sometimes use this information to communicate with you, to fulfill your request for an online newsletter, or to communicate with you about your relationship with us. We sometimes use the non-personally identifiable information we collect to improve the design and content of our site and to allow us to personalize your Internet experience. We may also use this information in the aggregate to analyze site usage. We may disclose personally identifiable information in response to legal proceedings, for example, in response to a court order or a subpoena. We may also disclose such information in response to a law enforcement agency’s request, or when we believe that it is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person, violations of our Terms of Use, or as otherwise required by law. Additionally, we may transfer information about you if we are acquired or merged with another company. Agents and contractors of Justicia Forense – DNA Latin America who have access to personally identifiable information are required to protect this information in a manner consistent with this Privacy Notice, for example, by not using the information for any purpose other than to provide the services provided to Justicia Forense – DNA Latin America. While we take appropriate measures to protect against unauthorized disclosure of information, we cannot assure you that personally identifiable information that we collect will never be disclosed in a manner that is inconsistent with this Privacy Notice.

Collection of information by third party sites and sponsors

Some of our site contains links to other sites whose information practices may be different from ours. Visitors should consult the privacy notices of other sites, as we have no control over the information these third parties submit or collect. This site may sometimes offer content sponsored by or co-branded with identified third parties. By virtue of these relationships, third parties may obtain personally identifiable information that visitors voluntarily submit to participate in site activity. Justicia Forense – DNA Latin America has no control over the use of this information by these third parties.

Our commitment to safety

We have put in place appropriate physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and help prevent unauthorized access, maintain data security and correctly use the information we collect online. Any personal information collected through our event registration is processed by third parties for whom such processing is a primary line of business, ensuring the highest levels of security for your personal and credit information.

Parental consent

If you are under 18, you must obtain consent from your parent or guardian before disclosing personal information to us.

How to contact Justicia Forense – DNA Latin America?

If you have any questions or concerns about this site’s online policy or its implementation, you can contact us: info@justiciaforense.org

Updates and effective dates

We may update this privacy notice from time to time. We will notify you about material changes in the way we treat personally identifiable information by placing a notice on our site. We encourage you to periodically review this policy so that you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and to whom we disclose it.

Disclaimer

The material developed and created on this website by Justicia Forense – DNA Latin America is entirely and exclusively the views and opinions of the authors and managers of the campaign. None of the materials are intended to represent any government agency, judicial sector, criminal policy or other official opinion of any of the countries involved in this campaign in Latin America.

8th Edition

Forensic Finding of the Year DNA HIDS 2024

(May 14 and 15)

GTH DNA’s highly anticipated annual “Forensic Hit of the Year” presentation returns this season with more exciting investigative stories from around the world. You will be able to watch it on-line next May 14, 2024, during the Human Identification Solutions Virtual Conference (HIDS). As always, this year’s program reviewed several interesting cases to compile and showcase the best forensic findings that utilized DNA databases in unique and effective ways. This program continues to raise global awareness of the incredible value of DNA databases in solving and preventing crimes, identifying missing persons and exonerating the innocent.

BOLIVIA

DNA-related legislation:

Bill of November 8, 2012: Download. The legislative proposal to create a DNA database in Bolivia began with the bill called the «Boliviano» Criminal Identification System (SIBIC), with the aim of applying biometric authentication and information technologies to register and determine the identity of criminals. This proposal was presented in the 2015-2016 legislature with number 0682015-16 and in the 2016-2017 legislature with number 028/201617.

Existing DNA databases

National Registry of Genetic and Fingerprinting Service administered by the Forensic Research Institute.

LAW OF THE GENETIC PROFILE BANK OF THE PLURINATIONAL STATE OF BOLIVIA

PERU

Law 1398 of 2018 / Bill No. 05630, April 18, 2000. DNA: Database Law and Bank.

(Congress of the Republic of Peru – Link)

Existing DNA databases

Missing persons database Led by the National Police.