Data Use Policy

The Central Bank of Costa Rica (BCCR) reaffirms its commitment to protecting, maintaining the confidentiality of, and securely processing the data it receives and safeguards, in strict compliance with the applicable legal framework. Our website requests personal information, such as your name, as well as contact information, such as your email address, for the purpose of subscribing to and receiving notifications about topics of interest. This information is used exclusively for this purpose. We use advanced systems that are continuously updated to ensure that no unauthorized access occurs. 

In exercising its legal powers and responsibilities, the Bank collects and processes data from various economic sectors for the sole purpose of producing statistics, analyses, and research to support economic policy decisions by its senior authorities, as well as by various public and private sector entities. This contributes to promoting the country’s growth and development. The mentioned activities are governed by the principles of legality and purpose limitation; therefore, any use of individual data for commercial, political, or tax-related purposes is expressly excluded. To build up public confidence, the BCCR implements the following technical and legal safeguards:

1. Protection of statistical confidentiality, which guarantees strict confidentiality through processes that ensure that all published results are aggregated. This prevents any form of direct or indirect identification of individuals or legal entities.

2. Implementation of security protocols to ensure that information assets are safeguarded through a robust governance structure aligned with international standards, such as ISO/IEC 27001. Access to data is restricted to authorized staff in accordance with the principles of “least privilege and need to know” and is supported by advanced encryption controls, robust authentication, and continuous monitoring.

3. Guarantee of ethical and transparent data management, based on an organizational culture of transparency, discretion, and accountability.

Compliance with national and international frameworks ensures that official statistical production is carried out in accordance with the most rigorous standards of relevance, accuracy, technical independence, and international comparability.

As statistics constitute a high-value public good that contributes to the well-being of the Costa Ricans, the Central Bank reaffirms its duty to manage these strategic assets with the highest level of technical rigor.

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