Data Protection in the Internet: National
Report Spain
Felisa María Corvo López
1 General Data Protection Framework
1.1 Spanish Legal Framework
The framework regarding data protection in Spain is laid out by Organic Law
(hereafter, OL) 15/1999 of 13 December on the Protection of Personal Data (hereafter, OLPPD), developed in the Regulation approved by Royal Decree 1720/2007
of 21 December (hereafter, ROLPPD).
1 However, there is currently an OL project
being worked upon, which was presented on November 17, 2017
2 ; although the
essential content of the fundamental right to data protection must be regulated by
way of an organic law, Royal Decree-Law 5/2018 of 27 July has recently adopted
some urgent measures in order to adapt our regulations to the requirements of the
General Data Protection Regulation (hereafter, GDPR).
1.2 The Notion of Personal Data
Art. 18 of the Spanish Constitution (hereafter, SC) establishes: “The right to honour,
to personal and family privacy, and to the own image is guaranteed.” Art. 18.4 SC
This report was finalised and sent forward for publication on 17
th October 2018.
1 For more information about this topic, see Martínez Martínez (2009).
2 It’s interesting to take into account this work: López Álvarez (2016).
F. M. Corvo López (*)
University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
e-mail: marcorvo@usal.es
© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
D. Moura Vicente, S. de Vasconcelos Casimiro (eds.), Data Protection in the
Internet, Ius Comparatum – Global Studies in Comparative Law 38,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-28049-9_15
371
Report Spain
Felisa María Corvo López
1 General Data Protection Framework
1.1 Spanish Legal Framework
The framework regarding data protection in Spain is laid out by Organic Law
(hereafter, OL) 15/1999 of 13 December on the Protection of Personal Data (hereafter, OLPPD), developed in the Regulation approved by Royal Decree 1720/2007
of 21 December (hereafter, ROLPPD).
1 However, there is currently an OL project
being worked upon, which was presented on November 17, 2017
2 ; although the
essential content of the fundamental right to data protection must be regulated by
way of an organic law, Royal Decree-Law 5/2018 of 27 July has recently adopted
some urgent measures in order to adapt our regulations to the requirements of the
General Data Protection Regulation (hereafter, GDPR).
1.2 The Notion of Personal Data
Art. 18 of the Spanish Constitution (hereafter, SC) establishes: “The right to honour,
to personal and family privacy, and to the own image is guaranteed.” Art. 18.4 SC
This report was finalised and sent forward for publication on 17
th October 2018.
1 For more information about this topic, see Martínez Martínez (2009).
2 It’s interesting to take into account this work: López Álvarez (2016).
F. M. Corvo López (*)
University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
e-mail: marcorvo@usal.es
© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
D. Moura Vicente, S. de Vasconcelos Casimiro (eds.), Data Protection in the
Internet, Ius Comparatum – Global Studies in Comparative Law 38,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-28049-9_15
371