Future Law on
Data Protection in Costa Rica
Costa Rica will have its own Law on Data
Protection, which will be known as the Law
on Individual's Protection against Personal
Data Treatment.
The future Law will ensure the respect of
every physical or legal person's fundamental
rights, specifically their right to self
determination of disclosure on personal or
business life and other personal rights,
regardless of their nationality or
residence.
The Law will also ensure the protection of
their freedom and equality regarding
automatic or manual treatment of data
belonging to their person or possessions.
The legislation also contains definitions of
terms such as personal data, legal entity
data, sensitive data, archive, record, file
or database, automatic treatment, authority
in charge of the file, concerned party and
data dissociation, while also establishing
basic principles to serve as the backbone to
Data Protection in the country, to count: a
right to information on data gathering, the
concerned party's consent, data quality,
data safety, and a duty to confidentiality.
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