On May 5, the new General Law on Transparency and Access to Public Information (source document in Spanish) took effect after publication in the Federal Official Gazette. As a result, the Federal Institute for Information Access and Data Protection (Instituto Federal de Acceso a la Información y Protección de Datos or IFAI) acquired new authority and changed its name to National Institute of Transparency, Access to Information, and Personal Data Protection (Instituto Nacional de Transparencia, Acceso a la Información y Protección de Datos Personales or INAI) (source document in Spanish).

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