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LFPDPPP

Federal Law on the Protection of Personal Data Held by Private Parties

In force privacy
WhenIn effect since 21 March 2025
Who enforces itSecretaría Anticorrupción y Buen Gobierno (SABG)
Who it applies toPrivate individuals and companies that process personal data in Mexico.
Tell the regulatorNo duty to notify the regulator DPO requiredEvery controller must designate a person or data protection department to handle ARCO requests… RegistrationNo registration or notification of databases with the regulator Transfers abroadDomestic and international transfers need consent via the privacy notice, with listed exceptions Request deadlineRespond within 20 business days and implement within 15 business days Maximum fineUp to 320,000 UMA (about MXN 36 million, roughly USD 2m), doubled for sensitive data, plus an…

Consent is the default basis, tacit consent through a privacy notice is enough for most data, and every controller must name a data protection person or department. The 2025 rewrite moved enforcement from the independent INAI to a federal ministry and dropped the old law's regulator-facing duties while keeping prison terms for data offenses.

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Sources

  • Regulator Secretaría Anticorrupción y Buen Gobierno (SABG) · Official text or regulator
  • Text of the law Spanish (official); no official English · Official text or regulator

Dates and status checked against these sources on 18 October 2026. This page explains the law for practitioners; it is not legal advice.

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