ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND DATA PROTECTION IN MEXICO IN TIMES OF THE PANDEMIC. WHAT TO EXPECT FROM AN OPEN AND RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT?

Abstract

Access to public information and the protection of personal data are both rights recognized in the Mexican Constitution, which become more relevant at the time of the pandemic. The State must be clear in the political, economic, legal and other measures that are being taken to contain the disease, but that clarity is only one part of the access to information, since it is also necessary for citizens to know the real facts and the timetable to return to the new normal. Data protection implies, for its part, that the collection of personal information during the pandemic is respected and that it complies with the principles established by law.