{"id":4419849,"date":"2025-08-08T09:41:23","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T14:41:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olartemoure.com\/?p=4419849"},"modified":"2025-08-08T10:30:27","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T15:30:27","slug":"colombia-increases-penalties-for-identity-theft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olartemoure.com\/en\/colombia-increases-penalties-for-identity-theft\/","title":{"rendered":"Colombia increases penalties for identity theft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px||true|false&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221; width=&#8221;100%&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;][et_pb_column _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;justified&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>Colombia took an important step in the criminal regulation of the misuse of emerging technologies with the approval of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ambitojuridico.com\/noticias\/penal\/introducen-agravante-para-quienes-usen-inteligencia-artificial-en-suplantacion-de\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reform to the Penal Code<\/a> that introduces an aggravating factor for the use of artificial intelligence in cases of <a href=\"https:\/\/olartemoure.com\/en\/data-victims-digital-crimes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">identity theft<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The amendment to Article 296 provides for an increase in the penalty, raising the fine by up to a third when personal misrepresentation is committed using tools such as deepfakes. The regulation also incorporates key definitions such as \u201cidentity,\u201d \u201cindividuality,\u201d and \u201cartificial intelligence technologies,\u201d providing legal clarity in the face of these new criminal phenomena. In addition, the Attorney General&#8217;s Office is required to create a traceability system to track patterns and techniques of impersonation using AI.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, a mandate is established to design a comprehensive public policy for the prevention of the misuse of these technologies, promoting ethical principles, institutional responsibility, and intersectoral cooperation to protect the identity of citizens.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Colombia took an important step in the criminal regulation of the misuse of emerging technologies with the approval of a reform to the Penal Code <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":4419851,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"<!-- wp:divi\/placeholder \/-->","_et_gb_content_width":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[58,59,139,156],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4419849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsletter","category-newsletter-en","category-proteccion-de-datos","category-data-privacy"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - 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