Nowadays, the treatment and processing of personal data and
consequently, its regulation, have taken great relevance both in
Mexico and in the rest of the world.
An event that has caused a high impact in this matter is the
entry into force of the General Data Protection Regulation, also
known as GDPR. This regulation has been issued in Europe. It
provides that any entity or individual, who treats or processes
personal data of European Union residents, must comply with
the provisions of the GDPR, among other obligations, regardless of
whether these entities or individuals are established within the
European Union or in any other territory.
In Mexico, the Instituto Nacional de Transparencia, Acceso a
la Información y Protección de Datos Personales
(Transparency, Access, information and Data Protection National
Institute) or INAI is the authority in charge of
monitoring the compliance with personal data protection regulation.
Among others, the following laws regulate