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Repealed/superseded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 It was repealed by the Ley Orgánica de Protección de Datos de Carácter Personal (LOPD) with effect from 14 January 2000.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
- 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- Organic Law 5/1992 of 29 October 1992; BOE no. 262 of 31 October 1992; in force 31 January 1993; repealed by Organic Law 15/1999 with effect from 14 January 2000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
- Authoritative text boe.es
§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.