Forced Landing: An Overview Of Chilean Legislation On Financial Cybersecurity

State of legislation and policy before the cyber attacks

Chile is a country that, at first glance, seems to have a fairly complete legislation on data protection. A few months ago, the protection of personal data was enshrined as a constitutional guarantee, complementing the guarantee of privacy and intimacy that already existed in the Constitution, which allows for a constitutional action when this guarantee is violated. Moreover, Chile has one of the first laws in Latin America concerning the processing of personal data, a law on computer crimes, and various regulatory bodies that regulate other matters of interest, like electronic signature, a special statute on health data and special provisions on consumer protection regarding electronic contracting.