Mexico risks losing its independent Data Protection Authority
The dissolution of Mexico’s Data Protection Authority, the INAI, now looks inevitable. By Jonathan Mendoza Iserte and Jesús Javier Sánchez García of the INAI.
On 20 November 2024, Mexico’s Chamber of Deputies presented, voted on, and approved the administrative simplification reform that includes the dissolution of the INAI, Mexico’s Data Protection Authority. The constitutional reform, that would also abolish six other agencies, progressed in December as the Senate also gave its approval. This marked a period of up to 90 days for the drafting, approval, and publication of the new legislation that will regulate the rights to access information and personal data protection in Mexico.
The publication of the reform in the Official Gazette of the Federation could now happen at any time, depending solely on the administrative processes involved. While the votes have already been cast, and we can consider this a definitive decision, the lack of secondary legislation leaves us in a state of uncertainty until those laws are published.
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