Costa Rica has adopted an information privacy law on the storing, sharing and access of personal information, Inside Costa Rica reports. Law #8968, which was published in the official Gazette last week, mandates that individuals provide their express consent prior to the collection of their personal data and provides the “right to informational self-determination,” or the individual right to know what data is being collected and for what purpose, the report states. The law requires a 10-year data retention limit, with some exceptions, and provides individuals with a means of redress to correct or remove personal information from databases.
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