The Data Protection Act was adopted in June 2019 signed into law by the President on 26 July 2019 and entered into force on 9 August 2019. PL&B put some questions to data protection experts, Inês Antas de Barros and Isabel Ornelas of Vieira de Almeida in Lisbon.

PL&B: Was the previous data protection law amended to comply with the EU Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), or is this a completely new text?

A new data protection law was published. Law 58/2019 (Portuguese GDPR Execution Law) revokes Law 67/98 of October 26 (the Personal Data Protection Act) and republishes Law 43/2004 of August 18, which regulates the organisation and operation of the Portuguese Data Protection Authority (“CNPD”).