INAI Press Releases

FINES IMPOSED BY THE INAI DURING THE FIRST HALF OF 2016 EXCEED 50 MILLION MEXICAN PESOS

The National Institute of Transparency, Access to Information and Protection of Personal Data ("INAI" for its acronym in Spanish), informed that during the first half of 2016 it has initiated 30 Penalty Imposition Procedures against companies and/or individuals who violated 'the Federal Law on Protection of Personal Data Held by Private Parties' (the "Law").

As a result of these procedures, the INAI has imposed 22 economic penalties for a total of 50,611,145 Mexican pesos, allocated mainly in the financial and insurance sector, followed by information in mass media and finally by the educational services sector.