Overview
- Carmen Velarde faces a preliminary investigation by the National Board of Justice and has 10 business days to submit her response.
- The data watchdog ANPD and the Comptroller’s Office launched parallel oversight actions into how the preliminary roll was published.
- Reniec defends the online publication as required by the Electoral Law but added safeguards including a DNI issuance date check, IP-based access limits, and shorter query times.
- Experts fault recent congressional changes under Law 32264 that added home addresses and fingerprint images, noting prior ANPD guidance warned against releasing sensitive fields.
- Journalistic reports claim some actors downloaded the dataset, intensifying demands for sanctions, technical fixes, and clearer rules to prevent misuse such as extortion or fraud.