Ley 19.628, sobre Protección de la Vida Privada
Ley 19.628, sobre Protección de la Vida Privada (Ley sobre Protección de Datos de Carácter Personal)
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In force since 28 August 1999.
A comprehensive regime rule binding public and private bodies.
As of 2 September 2026.
What it requires
- Obtain a lawful basis before processing personal data of a person in Chile through a registry or data bank, whether the processor is a public body or a private party, per Ley 19.628 Article 1.
- Be prepared to compensate patrimonial and moral damage caused by improper treatment of personal data; Article 23 arms the data subject with a direct civil action, joinable with the claim establishing the infraction.
If you get it wrong
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What this law does
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Ley 19.628 governs the processing of personal data in registries or data banks by both public bodies and private parties, with an exception for processing carried out in the exercise of freedom of opinion and information.
Its Título V arms a data subject with a direct civil action: the controller, whether a private person or a public body, must compensate the patrimonial and moral damage caused by improper treatment of the data, and that damages claim may be brought together with the claim establishing the infraction itself, under summary civil procedure.
The statute remains the law in force in Chile as of this date; its substantive provisions are due to be superseded by Ley 21.719 on 1 December 2026, and several of its articles already carry pending-amendment banners on the primary source pointing to that commencement date.
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Read the law
Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional (BCN), Ley Chile, consolidated text