Nicaragua. Comprehensive data protection. Law
Law 787Law No. 787 on Personal Data Protection (Ley de Protección de Datos Personales)
In force
Partly verified
Medium confidence.Adoption date from general knowledge.
§1Summary
- Synopsis
Sets consent, purpose and security rules for personal data in public and private files, with habeas data rights and transfer consent requirements.
- Key themes
- Unique features
Supervisory directorate and data file registry provided for but never effectively established, so enforcement is minimal.
- SaaS relevance
Low practical enforcement risk, but transfers of Nicaraguan data require prior informed consent.
§2Obligations
- Extraterritorial
- No
- Breach notification
- None (except military/police data)
- DPO
- No
- Cross-border transfers
- Prior consent of data owner
§3Dates
- Key dates
- Adopted
- In force
- Regulation Decree 36-2012
§4Text and authority
- Text
- Authoritative text legislacion.asamblea.gob.ni
- Authority
- Dirección de Protección de Datos Personales (DIPRODAP) - not formally constituted
§5Where it applies
- Domestic law of
- Nicaragua
§6Sources and verification
- Verification
Medium confidence.
Partly verified
Medium confidence.Adoption date from general knowledge.