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The Current Journey of Implementing Data Protection in Colombia
September 2011
Andrés Felipe Umaña Chaux
Senior Associate
Brigard & Urrutia
Bogotá, Colombia |
While Colombia has had various data protection laws in place for some time, Colombia is in the midst of upgrading its data protection and privacy law into a more rigorous regulatory framework and culture. In doing so, there are important highlights of the timeline and proposed law regulations and regulatory structures for those of us who do business in Colombia to know about, especially in 2011 and 2012. When we know about the time line, the proposed law and regulations then the processes for the regulatory system, compliance becomes much simpler.
Andrés Felipe Umaña Chaux, attorney and associate with Brigard & Urrutia in Colombia, is very experienced in these matters and provides us with these key highlights and the expected timeline. He highlights the unique aspects of data protection today and in the coming years in Colombia as well as some of the major risks and more importantly mitigating controls that are necessary for those of us that do business in Colombia.
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