The Americas
Agencia de Acceso a la Información Pública
Argentina
Head of authority: Beatriz de Anchorena
She has a degree in Political Science from the University of Buenos Aires, Master in Public Policy and Development Management from Georgetown University and San Martín National University, and PhD in Social Sciences from the UBA. She wrote her thesis on the State/Society relationship with a focus on state capacities to manage development conflicts and prevent the capture of public decision by sectoral interests.
Beatriz served as Undersecretary of Institutional Strengthening of the Secretariat of Management and Public Employment of the Cabinet Head of Ministers of the Argentine Republic. There she prompted the creation of the National Directorate for Integrity and Transparency with the objective of promoting in the public sector an organizational culture based on the values of public ethics, integrity and transparency.
She teaches Public Administration and Management and Control of Public Policies at the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO) and the Specialization in Public Management by Results of the Argentine Association of Budget and Public Financial Administration (ASAP) and the Faculty of Economic Sciences (FCE/UBA).
In English: Access to public Information Agency (AAIP)
Continent: Americas
Competence: Privacy/Data Protection and ATI/RTI
Jurisdiction: National
Year established: 2017
Number of staff: 43
Relevant Laws
Activities:
Informe Anual de Gestión, Año 2022
Contact details:
Address: Av. Pte. Gral. Julio A. Roca 710, piso 3 – Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, C1067ABP
Website: argentina.gob.ar/aaip
- Phone:+54(11)28210000
- Email:[email protected]
Órgano Garante del Derecho de Acceso a la Información
Buenos Aires City (Argentina)
Head of authority: María Gracia Andía
María Gracia Andía is the chair of the Guarantor Body for the Right to Access the Information of the Buenos Aires City Government. She has a PhD in Law and Public Policy from Northeastern University. She is Law Professor law professor at Universidad de San Andrés. She is member of the Institute of Methodology of Social Sciences of the National Academy of Moral and Political Sciences. She has been a consultant to international organizations (World Bank Group, Americas Society and Council of the Americas), and an advisor to the National Congress and to the Legislature of Buenos Aires.
In English: Guarantor Body for the Right to Access the Information (OGDAI)
Continent: Americas
Competence: ATI/RTI only
Jurisdiction: National
Year established: 2018
Number of staff: 8
Relevant Laws
Activities:
Contact details:
Address: Av Martín García 346 – City of Buenos Aires – Argentina
Website: https://www.buenosaires.gob.ar/
- Phone:+5491150309100 INT 1727/1730
- Email:[email protected]
Information Commissioner’s Office
Bermuda Island
Head of authority: Gitanjali S. Gutierrez
Gitanjali S. Gutierrez was appointed on 2 March 2015 as our first Information Commissioner. She graduated from Cornell Law School manga cum laude in 2001 with a Juris Doctorate with a concentration in Public Law. She was called to the bar in the State of New York in 2002. Ms. Gutierrez is an internationally recognized human rights lawyer with twenty years’ experience with public access to information laws.
Territory: Bermuda
Continent: Americas
Scope: Federal
Competence: ATI/RTI only
Year established: March 2015
Number of staff: 6
Relevant Laws
PUBLIC ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACT 2010
PUBLIC ACCESS TO INFORMATION REGULATIONS 2014
Activities:
Contact details:
Address:
Maxwell Roberts Building
4th Floor
One Church Street
Hamilton, HM 11
Bermuda
Website: https://www.ico.bm/
- Phone:4415433700
- Email:[email protected]
Secretaria Nacional de Acesso à Informação- Controladoria Geral da União (CGU)
Brazil
Head of authority: Ana Tulia Macedo
Head of the National Secretariat of Access to Information, in the Office of the Comptroller General (CGU), Brazil.
Lawyer, with specialization in Human Rights. Twenty years of professional experience, twelve of them in the public sector. She took part of the International Visitor Leadership Program on Open Government and Access to Information, of the United States Department of State.
Territory: Brazil
Continent: Americas
Scope: Federal
Competence: ATI/RTI only
Year established: 2003
Number of staff: 2200
Relevant Laws
Access to Information Law – Law n. 12.527
Activities:
Access to Information Law – 2017 Implementation Report
Contact details:
Address: SAS Quadra 01, Bloco A, 9º andar, Sala 944, Edifício Darcy Ribeiro CEP: 70.070-905 – Brasília – DF
Website: https://www.cgu.gov.br/
- Phone:+(61)20207242
- Email:[email protected]
Le Commissariat à l’information du Canada
Canada
Head of authority: Caroline Maynard
Ms. Maynard began her seven-year term on March 1, 2018. Appointed by and reporting directly to Parliament, the Commissioner investigates complaints about how federal institutions process and respond to requests under the Access to Information Act, Canada’s freedom of information legislation. The Commissioner provides arms-length oversight of the federal government’s access to information practices, working with institutions to ensure they meet their obligations under the Act. Prior to her appointment, Ms. Maynard was the Interim Chairperson of the Military Grievances External Review Committee, after serving as Director General, Operations, and General Counsel in the organization for a number of years.
Territory: Canada
Continent: Americas
Jurisdiction: Federal, Provincial
Competence: ATI/RTI only
Year established: 1983
Number of staff: 100
Relevant Laws
Loi sur l’accès à l’information
Activities:
Contact details:
Address: 30 Victoria Street, Gatineau, Quebec K1A 1H3 Canada
Website: www.oic-ci.gc.ca
- Phone:+1(819)9940001
- Email:[email protected]
Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Alberta
Province of Alberta (Canada)
Head of authority: Diane McLeod
For more than 25 years, Diane has been committed to helping governments, health care providers and businesses protect access to information and privacy rights.
Prior to her role as Alberta’s Information and Privacy Commissioner, Diane worked in the Yukon Territory of Canada where she held a triple mandate as Information and Privacy Commissioner, Ombudsman and Public Interest Disclosure Commissioner.
As Commissioner, one of Diane’s priorities is to advocate for modernized access to information and privacy laws that enable digitization across Alberta’s public, health and private sectors while safeguarding the rights of Albertans.
Continent: Americas
Jurisdiction: Provincial
Competence: Privacy/Data Protection and ATI/RTI
Year established: 1995
Number of staff: 47
Relevant Laws
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
Personal Information Protection Act
Activities:
Contact details:
Address: Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner, 410, 9925 – 109 Street NW, Edmonton, AB, T5K 2J8, CANADA
Website: www.oipc.ab.ca
- Phone:+7804226860
Province of British Columbia
Province of British Columbia (Canada)
Head of authority: Michael McEvoy
He was appointed to a six-year term as Information and Privacy Commissioner for BC by unanimous motion of the Legislative Assembly in 2018. Immediately prior to his appointment he helped lead the Information Commissioner’s Office of the United Kingdom’s investigation into Cambridge Analytica and Facebook. Commissioner McEvoy joined the OIPC in 2007, adjudicating more than 50 inquiries under provincial access and privacy law before his appointment as Deputy Commissioner in 2013.
He obtained a Juris Doctorate from the University of Manitoba in 1985 and a Bachelor of Arts in 1980 from the University of Winnipeg. Commissioner McEvoy has been a member of the Law Society of British Columbia since 1986.
Territory: Province of British Columbias (Canada)
Continent: Americas
Scope: Provincial
Competence: Privacy/Data Protection, access to information and also serves as the BC Lobbyists Registrar
Year established: 1993
Number of staff: 41
Relevant Laws
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
Personal Information Protection Act
Activities:
Contact details:
Address: 4th Floor, 947 Fort Street, Victoria BC V8V 3K3
Website: https://www.oipc.bc.ca/ & https://www.lobbyistsregistrar.bc.ca/
- Phone:+(250)3875629
- Email:[email protected]
Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner
Province of Newfoundland and Labrador (Canada)
Head of authority: Michael Harvey
He was appointed as the Information and Privacy Commissioner for Newfoundland and Labrador effective August 5, 2019. Michael joined the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador in January 2006. He has worked with Executive Council (Intergovernmental Affairs Secretariat and Cabinet Secretariat) and line departments (Departments of Children, Youth and Family Services, and Health and Community Services). Michael is a graduate of Memorial University, with a BA (Hons) in Political Science; has a MA in Political Studies from Queen’s University; and holds an Executive Certificate in Conflict Management from the University of Windsor, Faculty of Law/Stitt Feld Handy Group.
Territory: Province of Newfoundland and Labrador (Canada)
Continent: Americas
Scope: Provincial
Competence: Privacy/Data Protection and ATI/RTI. Also, Ombudsman role
Year established: 2005
Number of staff: 12 permanent positions (66.7% female, 33.3% male)
Relevant Laws
Access to Information and Protection or Privacy, 2015ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND PROTECTION OF PRIVACY ACT, 2015
NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR REGULATION 45/15
Personal Health Information ActPERSONAL HEALTH INFORMATION ACT
NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR REGULATION 38/11
Pharmacy Network RegulationsNEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR REGULATION 104/09
Activities:
Contact details:
Address: 3rd Floor, Sir Brian Dunfield Building, P.O. Box 13004, Stn. “A” / St. John’s, NL A1B 3V8
Website: https://www.oipc.nl.ca/
- Phone:+(709)7296309
- Email:[email protected]
Information and Privacy Commissioner for Nova Scotia
Province of Nova Scotia (Canada)
Head of authority: Tricia Ralph
Tricia holds degree in Law and a Master of Health Administration from Dalhousie University, as well as a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Trent in her hometown of Peterborough, Ontario. She is a member of the Nova Scotia Bar Society.
She worked as a legal and legislative advisor for the Department of Education, Culture and Employment in the Northwest Territories. She then began providing legal advice on access and privacy issues to all government departments as a legal council for territorial government. Tricia worked closely with the territorial Health Authority and the Department of Health and Human Services on the implementation of the Health Information Act and on various privacy issues related to it.
In 2019, she began working for the Information and Privacy Commissioner of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut. Tricia was appointed Nova Scotia’s Privacy and Information Commissioner in March 2020.
Continent: Americas
Jurisdiction: National
Competence: Privacy/Data Protection and ATI/RTI
Year established: 1994
Number of staff: 8
Relevant Laws
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
Municipal Government Act Part XX
Personal Health Information Act
Personal Information International Disclosure Protection Act
Activities:
Contact details:
Address: 5670 Spring Garden Road, Suite 509, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3J 1H7
Website: https://oipc.novascotia.ca/
- Phone: +9024244684
Commissaire à l’information et à la protection de la vie privée de l'Ontario
Province of Ontario (Canada)
Commissaire à l’information et à la protection de la vie privée de l'Ontario
Province of Ontario (Canada)
Head of authority: Patricia Kosseim
She brings to her role as Commissioner significant experience and a wealth of knowledge in the areas of privacy and access law, having worked in public, private and health sectors, and across various jurisdictions.
Previously, she was counsel in Osler’s Privacy and Data Management Group and served for more than a decade as senior general counsel and director general at the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada.
Patricia has held executive positions at Genome Canada and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, and has taught part-time at the University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law. She obtained her business and law degrees from McGill University, and a Master’s Degree in Medical Law and Ethics from King’s College, University of London, UK.
Also is a member of the Law Society of Ontario and the Barreau du Quebec, and is fluently bilingual in English and French.
Territory: Province of Ontario, (Canada)
Continent: Americas
Scope: Provincial
Competence: Privacy/Data Protection and ATI/RTI
Year established: 1987
Number of staff: 130
Relevant Laws
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
PMunicipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
Personal Health Information Protection Act
Child, Youth and Family Services Act Part X
Activities:
A YEAR LIKE NO OTHER: Championing Access and Privacy in Times of Uncertainty
Contact details:
Address: 2 Bloor Street East, Suite 1400, Toronto, ON M4W 1A8, Canada
Website: https://www.ipc.on.ca/about-us/contact-us/
Commission d'accès à l’information du Québec
Province of Quebec (Canada)
Head of authority: Diane Poitras
She worked at the legal department of the Commission d’accès à l’information, practiced law with private firms, was counsellor to the minister responsible for Access to information and the Protection of Personal Information and she was also the access to information and privacy officer at the Commission de la santé et de la sécurité du travail. When she was appointed as an administrative judge to the Commission d’accès à l’information in July 2011, she worked at the legal department of the Tribunal administrative du Québec.
On June 7th, 2012, she was appointed vice-president of the Commission d’accès à l’information by the National Assembly of Québec. She was appointed president of the Commission on December 5th, 2019, after acting as interim president for almost a year.
Territory: Province of Ontario, (Canada)
Continent: Americas
Scope: Provincial
Competence: Privacy/Data Protection and ATI/RTI
Year established: 1987
Number of staff: 130
Relevant Laws
Act respecting the protection of personal information in the private sector (chapter P-39.1)
Activities:
Latest annual report 2020 – 2021
Contact details:
Address: 525, boulevard René-Lévesque Est, Bureau 2.36 Québec (Québec) G1R 5S9 Canada.
Website: www.cai.gouv.qc.ca
- Phone:+18885287741
- Email:[email protected]
Ombudsman Office Information and Privacy Commissioner Office - Public Interest Disclosure Commissioner Office
Territory of Yukon (Canada)
Ombudsman Office Information and Privacy Commissioner Office - Public Interest Disclosure Commissioner Office
Territory of Yukon (Canada)
Head of authority: Jason Pedlar
Has worked at the Office of the Yukon Ombudsman, Information & Privacy Commissioner (IPC) and Public Interest Disclosure Commissioner (PIDC) since 2018, first as Director of Intake and Informal Case Resolution, then as Deputy, and now as Ombudsman, IPC and PIDC.
Jason has worked in dispute resolution for more than 20 years, with roles as organizational ombudsman, mediator, auditor, privacy professional, consultant and educator.
He was Ombudsman for a Canadian insurance company and Director of the Centre for Conflict Resolution Studies at the University of Prince Edward Island.
He has a Master’s Degree in Conflict Analysis and Management from Royal Roads University.
Territory: Yukon
Continent: Americas
Competence: Privacy/Data Protect and ATI/RTI, and Ombudsman
Year established: 1996
Number of staff: 9
Relevant Laws
Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act
Health Information Privacy and Management Act
Yukon’s Public Interest Disclosure of Wrongdoing Act
Activities:
Contact details:
Address: Main floor-3162 Third Avenue, Y1A 1G3, Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada.
Website: www.yukonombudsman.ca
- Phone:+1(867)6678468
- Email:[email protected]
Ombudsman
Cayman Islands
Head of authority: Sharon Roulstone
Ms. Roulstone is an attorney with over 20 years experience at the Cayman Islands Bar. She has served on numerous public sector boards over several decades. For this service to her community, she was awarded the Queen’s Certificate & Badge of Honour (Cert. Hon) in 2010.
Sharon joined the Office of the Ombudsman in 2018 and was shortly thereafter seconded to a Government Ministry to oversee the establishment of the new Department of Workforce Opportunities & Residency Cayman (WORC) where she worked for 2 years.
With a Masters Degree in Law (University of Liverpool), Sharon is a strong advocate for justice. As head of the Complaints division, she understands the need for fairness and responsiveness in all investigations and is committed to delivering them.
Continent: Americas
Competence: Privacy/Data Protection and ATI/RTI
Jurisdiction: Federal
Year established: 2017
Number of staff: 15
Relevant Laws
Freedom of Information Law (2018 Revision)
Activities:
Contact details:
Address: 5th Floor, Anderson Square, 64 Shedden Road, PO Box 2252, George Town, Grand Cayman, KY1-1107 Cayman Islands
Website: https://ombudsman.ky/
- Phone:+3459466283
- Email:[email protected]
Consejo para la Transparencia
Chile
Head of authority: Bernardo Navarrete Yáñez
PhD in Government and Public Administration from the Ortega y Gasset University Institute, Master in Political Science from the Catholic University and Master in Social Sciences from the Latin American Institute of Doctrine and Social Studies (ILADES)-Catholic University of Leuven, and Bachelor of Education and State Professor in History and Geography, University of Los Lagos.
He has been an advisor in the National Congress (Senate), Presidency of the Republic and in the Ministry General Secretariat of the Presidency. His areas of research are public policies and subnational governments.
Territory: Chile
Continent: Americas
Competence: Privacy/Data Protection and ATI/RTI
Scope: Federal (National)
Year established: 2009
Number of staff: 140
Relevant Laws
Law on Transparency and Access to Public Information (Law No. 20,285)
Law on the Protection of Private Life (Law No. 19,628)
Law on Lobby and Particular Interest Management (Law No. 20,730)
Law on Probity in the Public Function and Prevention of Conflicts of Interest (Law No. 20,880)
Activities:
Contact details:
Address: Morande 360, 7th floor, Santiago, Chile
Website: https://www.consejotransparencia.cl/en/home/
- Phone:+56224952000
- Email:[email protected]
Defensoría del Pueblo
Ecuador
Head of authority: Cesar Marcel Cordova Valverde
Ombudsman since september 18, 2021, and elected President of the Transparency and Social Control Function in 2022.
PhD in Jurisprudence and lawyer of the Courts of Justice; Bachelor in Political and Social Sciences. He has several diplomas, among them in Human Rights. He is currently a PhD student in Constitutional Law at the Buenos Aires University.
He has developed several academic research works related to Indigenous Justice and Ancestral Common Law; as well as on Property Rights as fundamental and Assisted Reproduction like Right.
He has 27 years of experience in management and legal advice, defense of rights, litigation, public policies and project management.
Territory: Ecuador
Continent: Americas
Competence: Ombudsman role
Scope: National Security
Year established: 1998
Number of staff: 400
Relevant Laws
Organic Law of the Ombudsman’s Office
Organic Law on Transparency and Access to Public Information
Activities:
Accountability Report DPE 2022
Contact details:
Address: Oficina Matriz: Av. 12 de Octubre 16-114 y Pasaje Nicolás Jiménez (Quito – Ecuador)
Website: www.dpe.gob.ec
- Phone:+593(02)3829670
- Email:[email protected]
Instituto de Acceso a la Información Pública
El Salvador
Instituto de Acceso a la Información Pública
El Salvador
Procuraduría de los Derechos Humanos
Guatemala
Head of authority: PhD José Alejandro Córdova Herrera
PhD of Constitutional Law, PhD of Law, Master’s degree in Commercial Law and a degree in Law and Social Sciences.
He has 22 years of professional experience in Human Rights, law and university teaching. He was Head of the Investigations Unit of the Human Rights Ombudsman (PDH) and advisor to the Human Rights office of the General Directorate of the Penitentiary System. He has proposed eight lines of work at the head of the PDH, focused on strengthening the institution, through a mandate oriented to the protection, defense and protection of Human Rights, and also efficiently and effectively fulfills results management for Guatemala.
Territory: Guatemala
Continent: Americas
Competence: Ombudsman
Scope: National
Year established: 1987
Number of staff: 750
Relevant Laws
Law on access to public information
Activities:
Informe Anual Circunstanciado de Actividades y de la Situación de Derechos Humanos 2022
Contact details:
Address: 12 Avenida 12-54 zona 1, Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala
Website: https://www.pdh.org.gt/
Instituto Nacional de Transparencia, Acceso a la Información y Protección de Datos Personales
Mexico
Head of authority: Adrián Alcalá Méndez
He has a degree in Law and a master’s degree in amparo. From 2014 to November 2020, he was Secretary for Access to Information of the National Institute for Transparency, Access to Information and Personal Data Protection (INAI). During this time, he worked on issuing legal opinions about harmonizing transparency and access to information laws for federal entities. He also contributed to developing, disseminating, and implementing policies, models, and strategies on transparency, access to public information, open government, and verifying compliance with the laws in this area.
He was the Director of the Institute for Transparency and Access to Public Information of the Baja California State from 2011 to 2014, and the President Director for three years from 2011. In this role, he worked to consolidate the legal framework of the state guarantor body. He was also a member of the drafting committee for the first citizen initiative of the Law of Transparency, Access to Public Information and Personal Data Protection of the Baja California State.
Since 2020, he is Commissioner at the National Institute for Transparency, Access to Information and Personal Data Protection and since December 11, 2023 he is the president commissioner of INAI.
Territory: Mexico
Continent: Americas
Competence: Privacy/Data Protection and ATI/RTI
Scope: Federal
Year established: 2002
Number of staff: 750
Relevant Laws
General Act of Transparency and Access to Public Information (May 2015).
Federal Act of Transparency and Access to Public Information.
Federal Law on Protection of Personal Data Held by Private Parties.
General Law on Protection of Personal Data Held by Obligated Parties.
Activities:
Contact details:
Address: Insurgentes Sur No. 3211 Col. Insurgentes Cuicuilco,Alcaldía Coyoacán, C.P. 04530.
Website: http://inicio.ifai.org.mx/SitePages/ifai.aspx
Instituto de Transparencia, Acceso a la Información Pública, Protección de Datos Personales y Rendición de Cuentas de la Ciudad de México
Mexico City
Head of authority: Arístides Rodrigo Guerrero García
Specialist in Constitutional Law and Master from the Faculty of Law of the UNAM. Currently, he is pursuing a Doctorate in Law. In the professional field, he has served as Director of the Statistics and Jurisprudence Unit, Director of the Specialized Sanctioning Procedures Unit, Study and Account Secretary, Diffusion and Publication Coordinator, Advisor and Assistant Secretary, all of them in the Electoral Court of Mexico City. In the academic field, Arístides Guerrero has stood out as a professor at the UNAM Law School. On December 18, 2018, he was appointed by the Plenary Session of the Congress of Mexico City to hold the position of Citizen Commissioner of the Institute of Transparency, Access to Public Information, Protection of Personal Data and Accountability of Mexico City.
Territory: Mexico City
Continent: Americas
Competence: Privacy/Data Protection and ATI/RTI
Scope: Provincial
Year established: 2006
Number of staff: 218
Relevant Laws
Ley de Transparencia, Acceso a la Información Pública y Rendición de Cuentas de la Ciudad de México
Ley de Protección de Datos Personales en Posesión de Sujetos Obligados de la Ciudad de México.
Activities:
Contact details:
Address: 865 La Morena St, Mexico City, 03020
Website: http://www.infodf.org.mx/
Instituto Chihuahuense para la Transparencia y Acceso a la Información Pública
State of Chihuahua (Mexico)
Instituto Chihuahuense para la Transparencia y Acceso a la Información Pública
State of Chihuahua (Mexico)
Instituto Coahuilense de Acceso a la Información Pública
State of Coahuila (Mexico)
Head of authority: Dulce María Fuentes Mancillas
Commissioner Fuentes has a Bachelor's degree in Law from the Faculty of Jurisprudence at the Autonomous University of Coahuila and a Bachelor's degree in Secondary Education with a focus on Social Sciences from the Escuela Normal Superior de Tamaulipas. Additionally, she holds a Master's degree in Constitutional Law and Government Policies.
Commissioner Fuentes has served as the Head of the Information Access Unit, Subsecretary of the Republican Municipality Council in Saltillo, Coordinator of Social Communication and Secretary of Audit and Accountability for the State Government of Coahuila. In addition, she was Professor of Political Communication at La Salle University.
Territory: Mexico City
Continent: Americas
Competence: Privacy/Data Protection and ATI/RTI
Scope: Provincial
Year established: 2006
Number of staff: 218
Relevant Laws
Ley de Acceso a la Información Pública para el estado de Coahuila de Zaragoza
Activities:
Informe Anual de Actividades del ICAI 2018
Contact details:
Address: Saltillo, Coahuila, México
Website: http://icai.org.mx/
- Phone:+528444155218/ 8444155315
- Email:[email protected]
Instituto de Acceso a la Información Pública para el Estado de Guanajuato
State of Guanajuato (Mexico)
Instituto de Acceso a la Información Pública para el Estado de Guanajuato
State of Guanajuato (Mexico)
Head of authority: Mariela del Carmen Huerta Guerrero
She has a degree in Law and has a Doctorate in Philosophy. Since 2005, she has held the position as Director of La Salle Bajío Law School, where she promoted the realization of multiple activities to pay for the training of students and future professionals in the areas of Accountability and the Anti-Corruption, as well as concrete actions to contribute directly to social transformation; She also participated in the Lasallian Vote Campaign. She collaborated in the State Electoral Tribunal of Guanajuato from 2002 to 2003. She was substitute Electoral Counselor of the National Electoral Institute of the 5th District Council headquartered in León from December 1, 2017 to May 21, 2021.
Territory: State of Guanajuato and municipalities
Continent: Americas
Competence: Privacy/Data Protection and ATI/RTI
Scope: Provincial and Municipal
Year established: 2003
Number of staff: 53
Relevant Laws
Constitución Política de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos
Constitución Política para el Estado de Guanajuato
Ley General de Transparencia y Acceso a la Información Pública
Ley General de Protección de Datos Personales en Posesión de Sujetos Obligados
Ley de Transparencia y Acceso a la Información Pública para el Estado de Guanajuato
Ley de Protección de Datos Personales en Posesión de Sujetos Obligados para el Estado de Guanajuato
Activities:
Annual Report of the Institute’s Activities
Contact details:
Address: León, Guanajuato, México.
Website: https://iacip-gto.org.mx/
Instituto de Transparencia, Información Pública y Protección de Datos Personales del Estado de Jalisco
State of Jalisco (Mexico)
Instituto de Transparencia, Información Pública y Protección de Datos Personales del Estado de Jalisco
State of Jalisco (Mexico)
Head of authority: Olga Navarro Benavides
Olga Navarro holds a Bachelor's degree in Communication as well as a Master's degree in Strategic Communication from the Universidad Panamericana, Guadalajara Campus.
Throughout her professional career, she has held various positions at the Institute for Transparency, Public Information and Personal Data Protection of the Jalisco State (ITEI), including roles such as Substitute Commissioner in Functions and Director of Linkage and Dissemination. Additionally, she led the headship of the Linkage Department of the Transparency Unit of the Constitutional City Council of Guadalajara. She has also held positions at the School of Communication at the Universidad Panamericana, Guadalajara Campus. She served as the producer and lead host of the "Contigo" program on Radio Mujer and as the Head of Information for the program "Entre Voces" at the Mexican Radio Institute.
Territory: Jalisco
Continent: Americas
Competence: Privacy / Data Protection and ATI/RTI
Scope: Provincial
Year established: 2023
Number of staff: 11
Relevant Laws
Ley General de Transparencia y Acceso a la Información Pública
Ley General de Protección de Datos Personales en Posesión de Sujetos Obligados
Activities:
2022 annual report In native language
Contact details:
Address: Av. Ignacio L. Vallarta 1312, Col Americana, 44160 Guadalajara, Jal.
Website: https://www.itei.org.mx/v4/
Instituto de Transparencia, Acceso a la Información y Protección de Datos Personales del Estado de México y Municipios
State of Mexico (Mexico)
Head of authority: José Martínez Vilchis
He holds a PhD in Public Administration from UNAM. Master in Development Administration from the University of Birmingham, England. Graduate in Political Science and Public Administration from the Autonomous University of the State of Mexico (UAEMéx).
Vilchis was Rector, Administrative Secretary and Director of the Faculty of Political Science and Public Administration of the UAEMéx. In the State of Mexico, he was Chairman of the Citizen Participation Committee of the Anti-Corruption System; Director of the National Institute for the Evaluation of Education; Adviser to the Electoral Institute of the State of Mexico.
Territory: State of Mexico (Mexico) and Municipalities
Continent: Americas
Competence: Privacy/Data Protection & ATI-RTI
Scope: Provincial, Municipal
Year established: 2004
Number of staff: 285
Relevant Laws
Political Constitution of the United Mexican States
General Law on Transparency and Access to Public Information
General Law on the Protection of Personal Data in Possession of Subjects
Political Constitution of the Free and Sovereign State of Mexico
Law of Transparency and Access to Public Information of the State of Mexico and Municipalities
Activities:
Contact details:
Address: Calle de Pino Suárez sin número, actualmente Carretera Toluca-Ixtapan # 111, Colonia La Michoacana; Metepec Estado de México, C.P. 52166
Website: https://www.infoem.org.mx/
- Phone:+5201(722)2261980
- Email:[email protected]
Instituto de Transparencia, Acceso a la Información Pública y Protección de Datos Personales del Estado de Puebla
State of Puebla (Mexico)
Head of authority: Rita Elena Balderas Huesca
Graduated in Law from the Escuela Libre de Derecho de Puebla, she has a Master’s Degree in Criminal Law from the same School.
She served as General Director of Transparency and Open Government of the State Government Administration Secretariat, as well as Executive General Coordinator at the Institute of Transparency, Access to Public Information and Personal Data Protection of the State of Puebla; likewise, she was head of the Transparency Unit of the Secretariat of Competitiveness, Labor and Economic Development and of the System for the Integral Development of the Family of the State of Puebla; she also collaborated in the Transparency Unit of the Judiciary of the State of Puebla.
In addition, it has various trainings, courses and diplomas on issues related to Public Administration, such as: Transparency, Access to Public Information, Personal Data Protection, Files, Open Government, Results-Based Budgeting, Gender Equality, Labor Equality, Training for Clerks of Circuit Courts, Human Rights, among others.
Territory: State of Puebla
Continent: Americas
Competence: Privacy/Data Protection & ATI-RTI
Scope: Provinciall
Year established: 2016
Number of staff: 32
Relevant Laws
Ley de Transparencia y Acceso a la Información Pública del Estado de Puebla
Ley de Protección de Datos Personales del Estado de Puebla
Contact details:
Address: 5 oriente 201, Puebla, Mexico
Website: https://itaipue.org.mx/portal2020/
- Phone:+522223096060
- Email:[email protected] / [email protected]
Comisión de Transparencia, Acceso a la Información Pública y Protección de Datos del Estado de Querétaro
State of Queretaro (Mexico)
Comisión de Transparencia, Acceso a la Información Pública y Protección de Datos del Estado de Querétaro
State of Queretaro (Mexico)
Autoridad Nacional de Transparencia y Acceso a la Información (ANTAI)
Panama
Head of authority: Elsa Fernández Aguilar
She is currently General Director of the National Authority for Transparency and Access to Information (ANTAI) and professor of the Department of Private Law, at the Faculty of Law and Political Science and the Faculty of Business Administration and Accounting (FAECO), where she has taught Commercial Law, Commercial, Tax and Tax Law, Competition Law, Civil Law (Goods), among others.
She has a degree in Law and Political Science with a specialization in Mediation, Higher Teaching, as well as a master’s degree in Private Law, among other national and international courses and is currently a doctoral student in Public Management and Business Sciences at the Central American Institute of Public Management (ICAP) of Costa Rica.
He has 18 years of professional experience in the public sector and held positions such as:
- Deputy Ombudsman.
- Deputy Alternate of the National Assembly of the Circuit 8-7.
- General Secretary of the General Directorate of the Penitentiary System.
- Legal advisor at the Ministry of Government and Justice.
- She was recently elected as Chair of the Committee of the Mechanism for Follow-up on the Implementation of the Inter-American Convention against Corruption (MESICIC), of the Organization of American States (OAS), for the period 2022-2023.
Territory: Panama
Continent: Americas
Competence: Privacy/Data Protection & ATI-RTI
Scope: National Security
Year established: 2013
Number of staff: 70
Relevant Laws
Ley sobre Protección de Datos Personales
Reglamento de la Ley de Protección de Datos Personales
Activities:
Contact details:
Address: Avenue del Prado, building 713, ancon, Panamá City
Website: https://www.antai.gob.pa/
- Phone:+507527 9270
- Email: [email protected]
Autoridad Nacional de Transparencia y Acceso a la Información Pública
Peru (National Authority)
Head of authority: Eduardo Javier Luna Cervantes
Director General of Transparency, Access to Public Information and Personal Data Protection of the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights.
Lawyer. Former chief of the Ombudsman Programme of Public Ethics, Corruption Prevention and Public Policy and former member of the Police Discipline Court of the Ministry of Interior.
Professor at the Law Schools of the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru and the University of Lima.
Director General de Transparencia, Acceso a la Información Pública y Protección de Datos Personales del Ministerio de Justicia y Derechos Humanos.
Abogado. Ex jefe del Programa de Ética Pública, Prevención de la Corrupción y Políticas Públicas de la Defensoría del Pueblo. Ex vocal del Tribunal de Disciplina Policial del Ministerio del Interior.
Profesor en las Facultades de Derechos de la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú y la Universidad de Lima.
Territory: Peru
Continent: Americas
Competence: Privacy / Data Protection and ATI/RTI
Scope: National
Year established: 2017
Number of staff: 10
Relevant Laws
Reglamento del Decreto Legislativo 1353, aprobado por el Decreto Supremo 019-2017
Activities:
Balance de Gestión 2018 – 2021
Contact details:
Address: Scipión Llona 350, Miraflores Lima, Perú
Website: www.gob.pe/antaip
- Phone:+5112048020 Anexo 1020
- Email:[email protected]
Defensoría del Pueblo Peru
Peru (Ombudsman)
Head of authority: Walter Gutiérrez Camacho
Lawyer from the University of San Martin de Porres. With studies in Master in Business Law at the University of Lima; doctoral studies at the University of Seville, and Postgraduate Diploma in Civil Law at the University of Salamanca.
He has been President of the Honor Court of the Electoral Ethical Pact in the General Elections for the Presidency of the Republic (2016), and President of the Honor Court of the Electoral Ethical Pact in the Municipal Elections process (2014). He has been Dean of the Lima Bar Association during 2008 and 2009 periods. He is currently Ombudsman for the 2016-2021 period.
Territory: Peru
Continent: Americas
Competence: Ombudsman
Scope: Provincial, Municipal, National Security
Year established: 1995
Number of staff: 782
Relevant Laws
Constitución Política del Perú
Ley 26520, Ley Orgánica de la Defensoría del Pueblo
Activities:
Vigésimo Segundo Informe Anual de la Defensoría del Pueblo 2018
Contact details:
Address: Lima, Perú
Website: www.defensoria.gob.pe
- Phone:+513110300 – 2053
- Email:[email protected]
Tribunal de Transparencia y Acceso a la Información Pública del Ministerio de Justicia y Derechos Humanos
Peru (Court)
Head of authority: Vanessa Luyo
Lawyer graduated from the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Master in Public Management from the Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona), with a scholarship from the Carolina Foundation – Spain, and studies in the Master’s in Social Management from the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú.
She has more than 16 years of professional experience in the Public Administration. Vanessa worked as a legal specialist in the Superior Court of Administrative Responsibilities of the Comptroller General of the Republic, as an adviser in the General Directorate of Policies and Strategies of the Development Ministry and Social Inclusion and as adviser to the Office of Integrity and Transparency of the Promotion of Private Investment Agency (Proinversión).
She is currently President of the Court for Transparency and Access to Public Information.
Territory: Peru
Continent: Americas
Competence: ATI/RTI only
Scope: Federal or National
Year established: 2017
Number of staff: 24
Relevant Laws
Constitución Política del Perú (inciso 5 del artículo 2°)
Ley N° 27806, Ley de Transparencia y Acceso a la Información Pública
Decreto Supremo N° 021-2019-JUS Texto Único Ordenado de la Ley N° 27806, Ley de Transparencia y Acceso a la Información Pública
Reglamento de la Ley N° 27806, Ley de Transparencia y Acceso a la Información Pública, aprobado por el Decreto Supremo N° 072-2003-PCM
Decreto Legislativo N° 1353, que Crea la Autoridad Nacional De Transparencia y Acceso a la Información Pública, Fortalece el Régimen de Protección de Datos Personales y la Regulación de la Gestión de Interés
Decreto Supremo N° 019-2017-JUS, que aprueba el Reglamento del Decreto Legislativo N° 1353
Decreto Legislativo N° 1416, Decreto Legislativo que fortalece el Tribunal de Transparencia y Acceso a la Información Públic.
There is no English version about relevant laws, but you can access to them, in native language, at the following link:Activities:
Contact details:
Address: Peru
Website: https://www.minjus.gob.pe/tribunal-de-transparencia-y-acceso-a-la-informacion-publica/
- Phone:+(01)2048020 | Anexo: 1301
- Email:[email protected]
The Office of Government Information Services
United States of America (Federal)
Head of authority: Alina M. Semo
In December 2016, Alina M. Semo became the Director of the Office of Government Information Services (OGIS), the Federal Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) ombudsman’s office, which is part of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).
Prior to joining OGIS, Ms. Semo served as the Director of Litigation in NARA’s Office of General Counsel for two and a half years. Before coming to NARA, Ms. Semo led the FOIA Litigation Unit in the Office of the General Counsel at the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for over ten years, and also served as an Assistant General Counsel in the Litigation Branch for nearly five years. Ms. Semo began her federal government career as a Department of Justice trial attorney and later senior counsel in the Federal Programs Branch, Civil Division, from 1991 to 1999, and from 1988 to 1991 worked as an associate at Hopkins & Sutter in Washington, D.C.
Ms. Semo holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Government and Politics from the University of Maryland, College Park, and a Juris Doctor degree from Georgetown University Law School; she is licensed in the District of Columbia and Maryland.
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 202-741-5771
Territory: United States
Continent: North America
Year established: 2007, but opened its doors in 2009
Number of staff: 10
Relevant Laws
Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552
Activities:
The Freedom of Information Act Ombudsman—Past, Present & Future (Published March 2019)
Contact details:
Address: National Archives and Records Administration, Office of Government Information Services, 8601 Adelphi Road – OGIS, College Park, MD 20740-6001
Website: https://www.archives.gov/ogis
- Phone:+18776846448 & 2027415770
- Email:[email protected]
Unidad de Acceso a la Información Pública (UAIP)
Uruguay
Head of authority:Mariella Saettone
Territory: Uruguay
Continent: Americas
Competence: ATI/RTI only
Year established: 2008
Number of staff: 28
Relevant Laws
Ley de Acceso a la Información Pública N° 18.381 de 17 de octubre de 2008.
Activities:
Contact details:
Address: Liniers 1324 4th floor
Website: https://www.gub.uy/unidad-acceso-informacion-publica/
- Phone:+(598)29010065 int. option 4
- Email:[email protected]