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ARTICLE · 15 APRIL 2025

New Data Protection Law Comes Into Effect In Mexico

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On 21 March 2025, the New Federal Law for the Protection of Personal Data in Possession of Private Parties came into effect, superseding and repealing the prior data protection law.

MexicoPrivacy
Adolfo Athie
Adolfo Athie
Renata Bueron (Basham, Ringe Y Correa SC)
Renata Bueron (Basham, Ringe Y Correa SC)
Erika Itzel Rodríguez (Basham, Ringe Y Correa SC)
Erika Itzel Rodríguez (Basham, Ringe Y Correa SC)
Iván García Argueta (Basham, Ringe Y Correa SC)
Iván García Argueta (Basham, Ringe Y Correa SC)

On 21 March 2025, the New Federal Law for the Protection of Personal Data in Possession of Private Parties came into effect, superseding and repealing the prior data protection law.

The new data protection law revises a number of definitions and makes several important changes to how the data protection rules will be administered and enforced. Below are some of the key modifications.

Consent requirements

The new law mandates that consent for data processing must be free, specific, and informed. Tacit consent remains valid as a general rule (a principle previously outlined in the regulations for the prior data protection law, but now explicitly incorporated into the new legislation).

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