The Right to protection of personal data in criminal matters

Abstract

The right to the protection of personal data constitutes a fundamental right, constitutionally reognized, that supposes the possibility of choosing which information of the private sphere of the person can be known, as well as deciding who can use such information and under what conditions; it also gives the right to access, rectify, cancel and oppose the processing of their personal data held by private individuals and / or corporations, as well as any authority, entity, body and agency of the Executive, Legislative and Judicial Powers, autonomous organs, political parties, trusts and public funds, in the federal, state and municipal levels, which includes the administrative and jurisdictional instances in criminal matters, that is, those in charge of the investigation and prosecution of crimes and the imposition of penalties.