ABSTRACT The right to privacy and data protection are key elements to understand how data has become the centerpiece of many changes in human interaction, new business models and technological development in an increasingly hyperconnected world. In a so-called data driven economy, the task of asserting principles, concepts and legal bases for data processing is fundamental to devise how such rights can be indeed protected. The Inter-American System of Human Rights recognises this right. In contrast to the European system that since 2000 recognises the right to data protection as an autonomous right – differentiating it from the right to privacy – the Inter-American System is on track to improve the standards of protection of both rights. Considering all thirty-five States of the Americas, eighteen have a specific data protection regulation; seven are discussing the Bill and eleven do not have a specific data protection regulation. The purpose of this article is to present the stage of development of the inter-American System of Human Rights in relation to the protection of the right to privacy and data protection and also demonstrate the challenges that such system will have to face as it move towards the effective guarantee of such rights.

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从隐私到数据保护：美洲人权体系的未来之路

摘要 隐私权和数据保护是理解数据如何成为日益高度互联的世界中人类互动、新商业模式和技术发展的许多变化的核心的关键要素。在所谓的数据驱动经济中，为数据处理确立原则、概念和法律基础的任务对于设计如何真正保护此类权利至关重要。美洲人权体系承认这一权利。与自 2000 年以来将数据保护权视为一项自主权利（将其与隐私权区分开来）的欧洲体系相比，美洲体系有望提高对这两项权利的保护标准。考虑到美洲所有 35 个州，有 18 个州有特定的数据保护条例；七人正在讨论该法案，十一人没有具体的数据保护规定。本文的目的是介绍美洲人权体系在保护隐私权和数据保护方面的发展阶段，并展示该体系在朝着此类权利的有效保障。