Sabela
Lawyer · Vigo, Spain
- 250 cases handled · 4 in this service
- 17+ years in practice
- Speaks: English, Spanish
- Law, Santiago de Compostela
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4.96(29 reviews)
Data Protection in Spain
In Spain the GDPR is known as the RGPD; a Spanish act, the LOPDGDD, adds national rules and the AEPD, the Spanish Data Protection Agency, enforces both. English-speaking registered lawyers help foreign-owned companies, self-employed people, holiday-rental hosts and online shops in Spain put their handling of personal data in order and answer requests, breaches and AEPD proceedings.
About Data Protection in Spain
Data protection for a business in Spain means GDPR compliance: knowing what personal data you hold about customers, staff or guests and how it is protected. Here the EU regulation is called the RGPD, and a national act, the LOPDGDD (Ley Orgánica de Protección de Datos y garantía de los derechos digitales), adds Spanish rules. The regulator is the AEPD (Agencia Española de Protección de Datos). People also search for a data protection lawyer, data privacy law, a data protection officer (delegado de protección de datos, DPD) or abogado protección de datos.
Who needs it
Almost any business with customers or staff in Spain: an SL or an autónomo, an online store, a clinic, an estate agency, or a holiday-rental host who records guests' identity documents. A company outside the EU can fall under the RGPD too when it sells to people in Spain.
What is different in Spain
- The LOPDGDD has its own rules on video surveillance, on checking staff devices and on the right to switch off after work (desconexión digital).
- It names whole sectors that appoint a DPD, such as schools, insurers and private security firms.
- Cookies and marketing e-mails also follow the LSSI.
- People's rights over their data are still often called derechos ARCO; the newer name ARSULIPO adds restriction and portability.
How a lawyer helps
- A data review and the record of processing (registro de actividades de tratamiento).
- Privacy notices, cookie banners and contracts with suppliers who handle data for you (encargado del tratamiento); see also contract review.
- Replies to people's requests, steps after a data breach (brecha de seguridad) and answers to the AEPD.
- Acting as an external DPD.
Related: setting up a business, tax and accounting for companies and a tourist rental licence; see all business services in Spain.
Questions and answers
Does the RGPD apply to an autónomo or a small business?
Yes. For low-risk activity the AEPD offers a free tool, Facilita RGPD; beyond that, tailored documents are usual.
Is a delegado de protección de datos compulsory?
Only for certain activities and the sectors the LOPDGDD lists; a lawyer checks which applies.
Can I put cameras in my premises or holiday home?
Within limits: a visible sign, rules on where cameras point and how long images are kept.
What if someone complains to the AEPD?
The AEPD may ask the business to explain or open proceedings that can end in a warning or a fine.
Is this page for a private person whose data was misused?
The service is aimed at businesses, but the same rules let individuals ask for their data or its erasure and complain to the AEPD.
4 lawyers who provide Data Protection in Spain
Sorted by experience in this service. Write to any of them — the reply comes from the lawyer, without obligation.
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Juan Ignacio
Lawyer · Vera, Spain
- 117 cases handled · 1 in this service
- 15+ years in practice
- Speaks: English, Spanish
- Law, University of Almeria
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4.93(21 reviews)
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María
Lawyer · Estepona, Spain
- 184 cases handled
- 8+ years in practice
- Speaks: Spanish, English
- Law, University Granada
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4.60(5 reviews)
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Aleix
Lawyer · Barcelona, Spain
- 30 cases handled
- 4+ years in practice
- Speaks: English, Spanish
- Business-Management, Universitat de Barcelona
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