VPNs with servers in Paraguay

The data may be stored only to help locate the user’s terminal equipment; hosting providers keep only what identifies the origin of the hosted data and when the service began. It may not be used for other ends and must be protected against loss, alteration and unauthorised access.

Whether the Law reaches a VPN operator is not established.

Under art. 9(c) of Law 4868, intermediation providers must suspend access to a content or service when a competent body, exercising its legal powers, requires the service to be interrupted or content withdrawn that breaches art. 6.

Art. 11 exempts an intermediation provider from liability for transmitted information it did not originate, modify or select, but a court or administrative authority may still require it to end or prevent an infringement.

The Penal Code (Law 1160/97) punishes calumny (art. 150), defamation (art. 151) and insult (art. 152); they are prosecuted only at the victim’s request (art. 156), and a statement made before a crowd, through publications or repeatedly over a long period can carry a heavier penalty (arts. 150–151).

Art. 36 of the Constitution requires a judicial order before communications are examined or intercepted.

Article 36 of the Constitution declares the documentary patrimony and private communications (telephonic, telegraphic, cable or any other kind) inviolable: they may be examined, reproduced, intercepted or seized only by judicial order, in cases specified by law and where indispensable to clear up matters within the authorities’ competence.

Documentary evidence obtained in breach lacks validity in trial, and strict reservation must be kept about anything unrelated to the person investigated. The order of the rows is the security score, and a server’s location is not a recommendation.