Mexico:
Convention 108 And Its Additional Protocol Enters Into Force In Mexico
09 January 2019
Jones Day
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On October 1, the National Institute of Transparency, Access to
Information and Protection of Personal Data (Instituto Nacional
de Transparencia, Acceso a la Información y
Protección de Datos Personales or "INAI") announced that Convention 108 of the Council
of Europe and its Additional Protocol governing cross-border data
flows went into effect in Mexico (source document in Spanish). The
Convention requires signatories to take the necessary steps in
their domestic legislation to apply the data protection principles
of the Convention. The INAI announced that complying with the
principles of the Convention would strengthen Mexico's business
relations with other signatory countries and establish rules to
facilitate data transfers.
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