The Horizontal Effect of Personal Data Right in Mexico

This paper deals the protection of personal data as fundamental right in possession of private persons in Mexico, according to the new legislation named: “Ley Federal de Protección de Datos Personales en Posesión de Particulares (LFPD)” from the doctrine and international law of human rights. Mexico...

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Autor: López Sánchez, Rogelio
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2012
País:México
Institución:UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO
Repositorio:Cuestiones Constitucionales. Revista Mexicana de Derecho Constitucional
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/6007
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.juridicas.unam.mx/index.php/cuestiones-constitucionales/article/view/6007
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:personal data
human rights
intimacy right
private persons
pro homine
datos personales
derechos humanos
derecho a la intimidad
particulares
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Sumario:This paper deals the protection of personal data as fundamental right in possession of private persons in Mexico, according to the new legislation named: “Ley Federal de Protección de Datos Personales en Posesión de Particulares (LFPD)” from the doctrine and international law of human rights. Mexico is one of the countries wherein the protection of personal data is one of the most several pending signatures for the citizens. It has been subject of a long national discussion and severe criticism of international organism that had been denounce the lack of effectives, simples and suitable judicial remedies to protect the intimacy right against private persons (Drittwirkung) in Mexico. In this sense, we are trying to demonstrate the principal reasons of the LFPD had the aim of maximum protection following pro homine principle and intimacy right, according to principles of international law of human rights.