Mexico: Data breach notification requirement in proposed data protection reform
Progress
Current status
rejected
31 Aug 2021 rejected
29 Apr 2021 under deliberation
Scope
Implementers
Mexico
Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Cybersecurity regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
cross-cutting
Government Branch
legislature
Government Body
parliament
Implementation Level
national
Timeline of events
Rejected Amendment to Data Protection Law increasing data breach reporting duties
On 31 August 2021, the amendment to the Federal Law on the Protection of Personal Data Held by Private Parties ("data protection law") was rejected after failing to be passed by Congress before the end of the LXIV legislature. Senator José Alberto G…
SourceEvent type
law
Action type
rejection
Government branch
legislature
Government body
parliament
Introduction of amendment increasing data breach reporting duties
Senator José Alberto Galarza Villaseñor introduced an initiative on 29 April 2021 to amend the Federal Law on Protection of Personal Data Held by Private Parties ("data protection law") to increase data security and breach notifications, requiring t…
SourceEvent type
law
Action type
introduction
Government branch
legislature
Government body
parliament