Chile’s Data protection bill “of great significance” approved for consideration

The Senate voted, on 3 April 2018, to approve for consideration a bill to regulate the protection and processing of personal data and create a data protection authority (‘the Bill’), which had been introduced by the former President, Michelle Bachelet, in March 2017.

The Bill is of great significance, because never before had there been a general agreement between the Government and Congress to create a specialised authority for the protection of personal data.

Source: Chile: Data protection bill “of great significance” approved for consideration