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Honduras. Human rights / constitutional. Constitutional provision

Habeas data (Art. 182)Constitution of Honduras, Article 182 (habeas data) and Transparency and Access to Public Information Law (Decree 170-2006)

In force
Partly verifiedMedium confidence. 2013 reform date from general knowledge.

§1Summary

Synopsis

Honduras lacks a comprehensive data protection law; individuals rely on the constitutional habeas data action to access, correct or suppress data, supplemented by limited provisions in the transparency law.

Key themes
  • habeas data
  • access and correction
  • public information
Unique features

Bill for a Ley de Protección de Datos Personales has stalled in Congress for about a decade.

SaaS relevance

Minimal specific obligations; contractual and sectoral (banking secrecy) rules dominate.

§2Obligations

Extraterritorial
No
Breach notification
None
DPO
No
Cross-border transfers
None

§3Dates

Key dates
  • Adopted
  • In force
  • Habeas data added by 2013 constitutional reform; comprehensive data protection bill (IAIP) pending since 2015, awaiting committee report as of Aug 2026

§4Text and authority

Text
Authority
Instituto de Acceso a la Información Pública (IAIP)

§5Where it applies

Domestic law of
Honduras

§6Sources and verification

Verification

Medium confidence.

Partly verifiedMedium confidence. 2013 reform date from general knowledge.