Corte de Santiago ordena a la Armada entregar información sobre oficial solicitada por Ley de Transparencia - La Tercera
The Santiago Court of Appeals upheld the disclosure of the personal and professional information of a naval officer, requested under the Transparency Law, by dismissing the state’s claim of illegality. The court concluded that the Navy failed to demonstrate that publishing this data would affect national security, rejecting its generic arguments as subjective and insufficient to justify withholding the information. This ruling underscores that records concerning the conduct, performance, training, and evaluations of military personnel are essentially public. Because the Navy did not specify how disclosure would cause present or likely harm to protected legal interests, its claims were deemed unfounded hypotheses without legal basis. Consequently, the right to transparency prevails over vague assertions of institutional secrecy. This decision is significant for the open data movement, as it reinforces the principle that transparency takes precedence over administrative opacity, even in defense entities. It establishes a clear precedent: the state must rigorously justify any request for secrecy, avoiding the use of general excuses to conceal information about public management and personnel, thereby strengthening accountability and citizens’ access to government information.
Source: latercera.comPublished on 2025-11-12
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