Security Requirements and Breach Notification
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Do data privacy laws or regulations impose obligations to maintain information security controls to protect personal data from unauthorized access or processing?

Last review date: 15 January 2025

Yes.

☒   general obligation to take appropriate / reasonable technical, physical and/or organizational security measures

☒    obligation to take specific security measures e.g., encryption

☒   encryption 

☒   other

  • Information access controls, including access and privileges management, user identification controls, and the maintenance of evidence of the interaction with the personal data
  • Backup copies
  • Information copy controls
  • Training of employees, depending on their roles and responsibilities
  • Security measures for physical environments and clean desks
Do other laws or regulations impose obligations to protect systems from cyberattack?

Last review date: 15 January 2025

☒   health regulatory requirements

☒   financial services requirements

☒   telecommunication requirements

☒   providers of critical infrastructure

☒   other

There are obligations to adopt measures to guarantee the confidentiality of the information for the selected sectors. The DPA has stated that a cyberattack could breach the duty to guarantee confidentiality.

Has there been regulatory activity – including enforcement action, investigations, regulatory guidance or other public statements by the regulator – relating to cybersecurity by the following regulators in the last 12 months?

Last review date: 15 January 2025

Yes.

   financial services

Does data privacy or cybersecurity law impose obligations to make notifications about personal data security breaches?

Last review date: 15 January 2025

Yes.

Controllers/Owners have to notify:

Last review date: 15 January 2025

☒   data protection authorities

☒   cybersecurity authorities

☒   affected individuals

Processors/Agents have to notify:

Last review date: 15 January 2025

    controller/ owner

Are there any additional sector-specific or non-personal data security breach notification requirements?

Last review date: 15 January 2025

Yes, the banking sector and companies that provide digital services in certain sectors (financial entities, basic services providers, health institutes, Internet service providers, etc.), as provided by Urgent Decree 007-2020.

☒   cybersecurity authorities

☒   health regulatory requirements (e.g., to notify incidents affecting safety of medical devices)

☒   financial services requirements

☒   providers of critical infrastructure

☒   other

If so, please provide brief details of the relevant law / guidance and indicate which body/bodies must be notified of the breach.

It is mandatory for companies that provide digital services in certain sectors, such as financial entities, basic services providers, health institutes, Internet service providers, etc. to notify in the event of a data breach.