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Scope of the law

The Spanish Privacy Law (Ley Orgánica de Protección de Datos Personales), hereinafter LOPD, establishes a range of obligations for those companies, independent professionals, and state administration entities holding and managing personal information.

In addition, the Law mentioned above, that withdraws the previous LORTAD, aims at the guarantee and protection of public freedom and fundamental rights of people, particularly their honour, and personal and familiar privacy.

 
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SCOPE OF THE LAW

The LOPD is applicable to any personal data collected in any format that make them able for any kind of treatment or management and for any kind of their use.

Not only companies but also individuals are obliged by the Law, and not also private companies but also estate owned ones. As a general rule, anyone managing personal information for professional purposes is obliged by the Law.

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