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U
r u g u a y 8. RIGHT TO A GOOD NAME, TO PRIVACY,
TO OWN IMAGE Article 7 of the Constitution declares: ?The inhabitants of
the Republic have the right to be protected in the enjoyment of
their life, honor, liberty, safety, work and property. No one may
be deprived of these rights except under the laws that may be enacted
for reasons of the general interest.? Law 16,099, Article 27 (Offenses Against Honor) declares: ?The
author of an offense against honor shall be exempt from punishment
if he retracts before being indicted.? Meanwhile, Law 9,739 of December 17, 1937, Article 21, says:
?The portrayal of a person may not be used commercially without
the express consent of the person himself or, if he is deceased,
that of his spouse, children or heirs.? ?The person who has given
his consent may revoke it, on payment of compensatory damages.?
?The publication of the portrayal is unencumbered when is has
scientific, didactic and in general cultural ends or has
to do with facts or events of public interest or that have been
carried out in public.?
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