On June 29th, 2017, the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism issued the Decree 1115 of 2017, which extends the deadline for the registration before the National Registry of Databases. Thus, the Decree establishes that private sector entities and semi-public entities registered in the chambers of commerce of the country, must register their databases before January 31, 2018. Moreover, natural persons, public sector entities and private entities that are not registered in the chambers of commerce, must register their databases no later than January 31, 2019.

The Decree can be consulterd here (in Spanish).

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