Protección de datos de carácter personal en los procesos de búsqueda de empleo.

Abstract

Nowadays, the global scope of diffusion and access to information has resulted in a lack of protection of personal data. This occurs because of the way the technologies of information and communication are regulated, leading to legal emptiness. Ecuador lacks of an actual normative body that develops the right to personal data protection, despite being a fundamental right recognized by the Constitution. The ecuadorian law promulgation delayness, in comparison to other countries, is demonstrated by not having a single precedent about this right. In the labor field, personal data is also unprotected. This is the case of unemployed people that daily send their curriculum vitae by e-mail, social networks or labor intermediaries, with the sole purpose of making the worker selection process easier for companies. In this way, they expose their personal data, because digital platforms have the capacity to store and filter data that can be considered intimate. The treatment given to that sensitive information is what will determine if that right has been violated or used for other means not related to a job search.