Colombia:
Colombian Data Protection Authority's Total Fines Exceed US$1 Million
25 September 2017
by
Daniel J. McLoon
,
Mauricio Paez
,
Richard Johnson
,
Jonathon Little
,
Kevin Lyles
,
Todd McClelland
,
Jeff Rabkin
,
Lisa M. Ropple
,
Adam Salter
,
Michiru Takahashi
,
Undine Von Diemar
,
Olivier Haas
,
Jörg Hladjk
and
Anand Varadarajan
Jones Day
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On June 8, the Colombian Industry and Commerce Superintendence
(Superintendencia de Industria y Comercio)
("SIC") issued a notice (source document in Spanish) that since
2010, SIC has imposed a total of 619 fines exceeding US$1 million.
The most frequent breaches, which represent most of the sanctions
imposed by SIC, consist of breaches of the habeas data
provided in Law 1266 of 2008. To address such violations, SIC has
issued 1,094 orders to correct, update, and delete personal data
contained in corporate databases.
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