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Unlawful access to and disclosure of private information

Meaning and relationship to your legal situation.

What it means

Offences protecting privacy against specified forms of access, taking, use or disclosure of information. Absence of consent alone does not establish every element of an offence.

Legal reference

Spanish Criminal Code · art. 197

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