Data Protection

The Deputy Superintendence for Personal Data Protection of the Superintendence of Industry and Commerce is the Data Protection Authority responsible for monitoring and ensuring that public and private entities respect the principles, rights and guarantees in the processing of personal data regulated in Law 1266 of 2008 and Law 1581 of 2012. 

International forums and organizations 

  • Ibero-American Data Protection Network (RIPD)
  • Consultative Committee Working Group of Convention 108 of the Council of Europe
  • Global Privacy Assembly (GPA)
  • United Nations Trade and Automation Committee (UNTAC)
  • Asia-Pacific Privacy Authorities (APPA) 

Deputy Superintendent for Data Protection

Juan Carlos Upegui Mejía 

Lawyer from the Externado University of Colombia. He holds a Master's degree in Public Law from the same university and from Temple University in the United States. He holds a PhD in Law from the National Autonomous University of Mexico, his thesis receiving honors. He has been a professor at the Externado University of Colombia for over 20 years, specializing in public law. He is a judicial official at the Constitutional Court and an advisor to various public entities such as the Comptroller General's Office of the Republic, the Ministry of Justice, and the Agency for the Legal Defense of the State. He has published numerous articles related to habeas data and personal data protection. 

Contact point for international affairs

Lina María Macias Galvis

International Liaison for the Delegation for the Control and Verification of Technical Regulations and Legal Metrology, and the Delegation for the Protection of Personal Data

lmacias@sic.gov.co

Guillermo Castro Jaramillo

International Liaison for the Delegation for the Protection of Personal Data and the Delegation for Jurisdictional Affairs

c.gcastro@sic.gov.co

Martha Patricia Mateus Salinas

International Liaison of the Delegation for the Protection of Personal Data

mmateus@sic.gov.co

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