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Colombia: the laws your website or app must follow
If your customers are in Colombia, these are the privacy, consumer, security, accessibility and AI laws SafeLaunch checks your site against, with what each one requires and where in the law it says so.
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Colombia Law 1581 of 2012
In force; the Superintendence of Industry and Commerce (SIC) enforces it.
Who it covers: Processing of personal data in Colombia, and abroad where Colombian law applies.
What it requires of a website or app (10)
- A privacy notice at collection: who you are and how to reach you, purposes, people's rightsCheckedLaw 1581 Art. 12; Decree 1377/2013 Art. 13–15 (processing policy and privacy notice)
- A lawful basis, often consent, for each use of personal dataAI reviewLaw 1581 Art. 9 (prior, express and informed authorisation)
- Keep proof of each consent (if if you rely on consent)CheckedLaw 1581 Art. 17(b); Decree 1377/2013 Art. 8 (keep proof of authorisation)
- People can access, correct and delete their data, and know how to askCheckedLaw 1581 Art. 8
- Reasonable securityCheckedLaw 1581 Art. 17(d)
- Transfers abroad only with the safeguards the law setsCheckedLaw 1581 Art. 26
- Breach notification: SIC within 15 business days of detecting itPreparedLaw 1581 Art. 17(n); SIC Circular Única
- Extra protection, usually explicit consent, for sensitive data (if if you handle sensitive data)Your answersLaw 1581 Art. 5–6
- A parent's consent for children's data (if if children use the product)Your answersLaw 1581 Art. 7
- Register your databases in the National Registry of Databases (RNBD) and update it every yearPreparedLaw 1581 Art. 25; Decree 090/2018
Licensed professionals in Colombia
These regulators' advertising and conduct rules apply on top of the laws above, only to sites of that profession.
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A plain-language summary of what each law requires of a website or app, from the SafeLaunch rulebook, with the provision and official sources. It is not legal advice and not every duty in each law is listed.