Chile delays data protection law to 2027

Chile’s Senate approved, by 33 votes to 6, a bill that amends Law No. 21,719 and delays its entry into force until Oct. 15, 2027. The proposal also would expand the board of the future Personal Data Protection Agency from three to five members. It now moves to the Chamber of Deputies and Deputies for further review.

What did the Senate decide?

The upper chamber gave the bill its approval in its second constitutional stage and sent it to the next legislative step. According to G5 Noticias, the Constitution Committee had already approved the measure article by article after reviewing and voting on a dozen amendments, before sending it to the Finance Committee for matters within its remit.

Deputy Economy Minister Javier Koehler said the text would move to the Chamber of Deputies and Deputies, and that the executive expected it to win quick approval there. Diario Financiero also reported that the proposal includes the change in the composition of the future agency’s board.

What changes for Law No. 21,719?

If the bill advances, the law would not take effect until Oct. 15, 2027, instead of the legal date still set for Dec. 1, 2026 while the process of passage, enactment and publication remains unfinished. That would give the country one more year before the full data protection regime takes effect.

G5 Noticias noted that Law No. 21,719 includes rights of access, rectification, deletion, objection, portability and blocking, along with duties covering information, security and breach notification. It also sets out a system of violations and penalties, all of which would be delayed if the bill becomes law.

What remains pending in Congress?

The bill still has to complete its process in the Chamber of Deputies and Deputies before continuing through the formal legislative track. NIVEL4 Labs identified it as bulletin 18.623-07 and said it still needed to finish its Senate process before moving to the lower house.

PPC Land had reported, without official confirmation, that the government requested a one-year delay on Sept. 1, 2026, and that as of Oct. 27 the bill was still at a legislative stage before the floor vote, according to the Voto Visible tracker. That status was overtaken by the Senate’s later approval.