Spain. Comprehensive data protection. Act

LORTADLey Orgánica 5/1992 on the automated processing of personal data (LORTAD)

Repealed/superseded

§1Summary

Synopsis

Spain's first general law implementing the constitutional limit on the use of computing to protect privacy. It regulated the automated processing of personal data. It was repealed by the Ley Orgánica de Protección de Datos de Carácter Personal (LOPD) with effect from 14 January 2000.

Key themes
  • automated processing of personal data
Unique features

Applied only to automated processing.

SaaS relevance

Historical only; replaced by Ley Orgánica 15/1999 (LOPD).

§2Obligations

Breach notification
None
DPO
No

§3Dates

Key dates
  • Adopted
  • In force
  • Ended
  • Organic Law 5/1992 of 29 October 1992; BOE no. 262 of 31 October 1992; in force 31 January 1993; repealed by Organic Law 15/1999 with effect from 14 January 2000

§4Text and authority

Text

§5Where it applies

Domestic law of
Spain

§6Sources and verification

Sources consulted
Verification

High confidence.

Authority (the Agencia de Protección de Datos) not stated on the BOE page, so left empty.