What Is Law No. 149/2022 on the Protection of Personal Data?
Cuba's Law No. 149/2022 is a general personal-data law covering public and private processing. The law assigns compliance control to the Ministry of Justice (MINJUS) and states rights relating to access, nondisclosure, correction or updating, cancellation, and conditional opposition. Requests are made first to the controller. The supplied research summary states that the controller has up to five business days to decide and ten business days to implement the decision, subject to one equal extension. This is a source-backed evidence profile based on the supplied materials. No separate direct-marketing opt-out, dedicated MINJUS privacy complaint form or service level, consolidated amendment history, or Cuba-specific data-broker route was located in this pass.
At a glance
- Full name
- Law No. 149/2022 on the Protection of Personal Data
- Short code
- Cuba Law 149/2022
- Jurisdiction
- Cuba
- Enacted
- 2022
- Regulator
- Ministry of Justice (MINJUS)
- Private right of action
- Limited
- Statutory citation
- Law No. 149/2022 on the Protection of Personal Data
Scope, who Cuba Law 149/2022 covers
Protected data
Data subject rights
Right of access
Right to nondisclosure, as stated in the reviewed law materials
Right to correction or updating
Right to cancellation
Conditional right to oppose processing
Notable features
The supplied summary identifies a five-business-day decision period and ten-business-day implementation period, each subject to one equal extension. A consolidated amendment history was not located.
Enforcement & penalties
Regulator: Ministry of Justice (MINJUS)
Penalties: The supplied research summary did not provide a consolidated penalty schedule; no penalty figure is stated here without a separate review of the controlling text.
Private right of action: The located process starts with a request to the controller. No dedicated MINJUS privacy complaint form or service-level agreement, or separate private damages route, was located in this bounded pass.
Relevance to data brokers
No Cuba-specific data-broker, people-search, or public-record removal route was located. The supported general route is to begin with the controller, subject to the law’s stated rights and conditions.
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FAQ
What rights does Cuba’s Law No. 149/2022 state?+
The reviewed materials identify access, nondisclosure, correction or updating, cancellation, and conditional opposition rights.
How long does a Cuban controller have to decide a rights request?+
The supplied summary states up to five business days for a decision and ten business days for implementation, subject to one equal extension.
Does Cuba have a data-broker opt-out route?+
No Cuba-specific data-broker, people-search, or public-record removal route was located in this bounded pass.
Official sources & citations
- Cuba Fiscalía General: Official Gazette No. 90 of 2022
- Directorio Cubano: Law No. 149/2022 gazette record
- WIPO Lex: Cuba personal-data legislation record
- Digital Policy Alert: Law No. 149 personal-data protection change
- Directorio Cubano: Official Gazette 2026 index
- WIPO Lex: Cuba Law No. 149/2022 record
Other international privacy regimes
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