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     "statement": "A pending Congressional reform bill would expressly extend extraterritorial application of the data protection law to controllers/processors located outside Argentina where their processing targets Argentine data subjects.",
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     "statement": "Under the current regime, data controllers are required to register their databases with AAIP; 2,035 databases were registered in 2022 alone.",
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     "statement": "Pending reform bills (Carro/Doñate, inspired by the AAIP anteproyecto) would eliminate the currently-in-force duty to register databases with the supervisory authority.",
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     "statement": "Under the current legal framework, consent operates as the almost-exclusive lawful basis for processing personal data in Argentina.",
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     "statement": "The pending Yeza bill (1751-D-2026) proposes six alternative lawful bases for processing — consent, contractual performance, legal obligations, vital interests, public interest and legitimate interest — with legitimate interest expressly covering AI training subject to a rights-prevalence test.",
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     "source_publisher": "IAPP",
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     "statement": "Reform bills propose replacing the current definition of sensitive data with a broader one covering information on private life or capable of causing discrimination or high risk, expressly listing gender identity, genetic and biometric data as examples.",
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     "statement": "AAIP Resolución 255/2022 sets out guiding criteria and best-practice indicators for the application of the Personal Data Protection Act with respect to genetic data.",
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   "claims": [
    {
     "statement": "The Argentine Constitution provides a special, simplified and rapid judicial remedy known as 'habeas data' to protect personal data, elevating data protection to the status of a fundamental right.",
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     "statement": "AAIP sanctioned Rappi Arg S.A.S. for failing to respond in due time and form to a data subject's request for erasure of personal data.",
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     "source_publisher": "IAPP",
     "source_url": "https://iapp.org/news/a/se-sanciona-a-una-empresa-por-no-atender-el-derecho-a-la-supresion-de-los-datos-personales",
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     "statement": "Pending reform bills introduce new data-subject rights not present in the current Act, including data portability and objection to automated decisions producing legal effects or materially adversely affecting the data subject.",
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     "source_publisher": "IAPP",
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     "statement": "Pending reform bills propose a non-extendable 10-business-day deadline for controllers to satisfy data-subject rights requests, a timeframe criticized by commentators as difficult for the private sector to meet.",
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     "source_tier": null,
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    {
     "statement": "A separate 2022 bill proposes a standalone 'right to be forgotten' requiring search-engine providers to implement an accessible electronic form for erasure requests, with a 10-business-day compliance window and judicial recourse for denial or inaccuracy.",
     "regulatory_stage": null,
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     "confidence": "Probable",
     "source_publisher": "IAPP",
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   "traffic_light_rationale": "Foundational accountability tools exist mostly as non-binding guidance rather than statutory duties; binding DPIA/DPO/breach-notification obligations are pending, not yet in force.",
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     "statement": "The current Act does not provide for a requirement to conduct a Data Protection Impact Assessment, unlike the GDPR, although AAIP's non-binding Guide provides for such a practice.",
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     "source_publisher": "DataGuidance",
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     "statement": "Unlike the GDPR, the current Act does not provide for a requirement to appoint a Data Protection Officer.",
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     "statement": "Pending reform bills introduce the figure of a data protection officer/delegate as a modern institute not present in the current Act.",
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     "source_tier": null,
     "observed_at": null
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    {
     "statement": "AAIP's Resolución 47/2018 ('Recommended Security Measures') specifies suggested security procedures for controllers, including record-keeping recommendations.",
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     "source_publisher": "DataGuidance",
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     "source_tier": null,
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     "statement": "Reporting information security incidents is a best practice rather than a mandatory legal requirement under the Argentine Data Privacy Law; there is no general legal obligation to notify a data breach.",
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     "source_publisher": "IAPP",
     "source_url": "https://iapp.org/news/a/reporting-cyber-incident-requirements-in-some-latin-american-jurisdictions",
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     "statement": "AAIP imposed an administrative fine on Cencosud SA after a security breach became public and the company failed to take recommended measures to prevent, notify and remedy the breach or notify affected users.",
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     "confidence": "Confirmed",
     "source_publisher": "IAPP",
     "source_url": "https://iapp.org/news/a/reporting-cyber-incident-requirements-in-some-latin-american-jurisdictions",
     "source_tier": null,
     "observed_at": null
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     "statement": "The AAIP-drafted data protection reform bill would impose an obligation to notify data breaches to the DPA without undue delay and within 72 hours of becoming aware, where the breach is likely to pose a risk to data subjects' rights, plus notification to affected data subjects for high-risk breaches.",
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     "is_binding": false,
     "confidence": "Probable",
     "source_publisher": "IAPP",
     "source_url": "https://iapp.org/news/a/se-aprobo-la-guia-de-notificacion-y-gestion-de-incidentes-de-ciberseguridad-para-organismos-publicos",
     "source_tier": null,
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   "code": "cross_border_and_adequacy",
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   "traffic_light_rationale": "Adequacy-holding jurisdiction with an active, modernizing transfer-mechanism toolkit (BCRs, dual SCC regimes); no TIA or localisation mandate identified.",
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    {
     "statement": "On 30 June 2003, Argentina was recognized by the European Commission as providing an adequate level of protection for personal data.",
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     "is_binding": true,
     "confidence": "Confirmed",
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     "source_tier": null,
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    {
     "statement": "The LPDP prohibits, in principle, international transfers of personal data to countries or international organizations lacking an adequate level of data protection, but permits such transfers where data subjects consent or where contractual clauses or self-regulatory systems guarantee adequate protection levels.",
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     "confidence": "Confirmed",
     "source_publisher": "IAPP",
     "source_url": "https://iapp.org/news/a/argentina-implementa-nuevas-clausulas-contractuales-modelo-para-la-transferencia-internacional-de-datos",
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     "statement": "Via Resolución 198/2023, AAIP approved the Red Iberoamericana de Protección de Datos (RIPD) Standard Contractual Clauses for international transfers of personal data, compatible with its own pre-existing model clauses.",
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     "source_publisher": "IAPP",
     "source_url": "https://iapp.org/news/a/argentina-implementa-nuevas-clausulas-contractuales-modelo-para-la-transferencia-internacional-de-datos",
     "source_tier": null,
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     "statement": "AAIP's Resolución 159/2018 established guidelines and basic content requirements for Binding Corporate Rules as a self-regulatory transfer mechanism for corporate groups.",
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     "source_publisher": "IAPP",
     "source_url": "https://iapp.org/news/a/argentina-implementa-nuevas-clausulas-contractuales-modelo-para-la-transferencia-internacional-de-datos",
     "source_tier": null,
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   "code": "sectoral_watch",
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   "claims": [
    {
     "statement": "Ley 27.553 on electronic/digital prescriptions requires that telehealth platforms used for medical and psychological consultations comply with Ley 25.326 and the Patient Rights Law 26.529, given that health data is classified as sensitive data subject to professional-secrecy principles.",
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     "source_publisher": "IAPP",
     "source_url": "https://iapp.org/news/a/al-analizar-su-impacto-en-la-proteccion-de-datos-personales-argentina-aprueba-ley-sobre-telemedicina-y-recetas-digitales",
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     "statement": "The Central Bank of Argentina (BCRA) maintains stringent cybersecurity regulations that financial-sector entities must adhere to in order to ensure operational resilience and maintain customer trust.",
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     "source_publisher": "DataGuidance",
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     "statement": "AAIP's Resolución 126/2024 introduced a revised classification of infractions and sanctions regime for both the Personal Data Protection Law and the Do-Not-Call Registry Law, consolidating the prior regulatory framework.",
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     "source_publisher": "IAPP",
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     "statement": "AAIP fined FCA Automobiles Argentina and Telefónica Móviles Argentina, each roughly ARS 10 million, for data protection violations involving unsolicited telemarketing practices.",
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   "code": "algorithmic_biometric_and_surveillance_governance",
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    {
     "statement": "A pending bill (deputy Yeza) establishes that facial recognition systems to be used for public-security purposes must undergo a prior impact assessment and an AAIP authorization process before implementation.",
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     "is_binding": false,
     "confidence": "Probable",
     "source_publisher": "IAPP",
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     "source_publisher": "IAPP",
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     "statement": "The pending facial-recognition bill requires human oversight of automated identifications performed by facial recognition systems.",
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     "statement": "AAIP has created a Transparency and Protection of Personal Data Program specifically addressing the use of Artificial Intelligence.",
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     "source_publisher": "IAPP",
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     "statement": "AAIP's Resolución 4/2019 specifies mandatory guidelines for the application of the Act, addressing topics including video surveillance and automated data processing.",
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     "statement": "Pending reform bills add a data-subject right to object to automated decisions that produce legal effects or negatively affect the data subject, a right not present in the current Act.",
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   "code": "children_and_vulnerable_groups",
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    "minor_profiling_bans",
    "parental_consent"
   ],
   "url": "https://dataprotection.gi/jurisdictions/argentina/#children-and-vulnerable-groups-children-vulnerable-groups",
   "traffic_light_rationale": "Binding coverage of children's data exists only via soft-law guidance (Resolución 4/2019); dedicated statutory minor-protection provisions remain at proposal stage, and three of five sub-modules are unsubstantiated.",
   "claims": [
    {
     "statement": "Although the current Act does not refer to children, AAIP's Resolución 4/2019 provides for a requirement to obtain consent when processing children's personal data.",
     "regulatory_stage": "in_force",
     "is_binding": true,
     "confidence": "Confirmed",
     "source_publisher": "DataGuidance",
     "source_url": "https://www.dataguidance.com/sites/default/files/gdpr_v._personal_data_protection_act_argentina.pdf",
     "source_tier": null,
     "observed_at": null
    },
    {
     "statement": "A pending reform bill specifically regulates the processing of minors' personal data, generally treating consent given by persons sixteen years of age or older for the processing of their personal data as valid.",
     "regulatory_stage": null,
     "is_binding": false,
     "confidence": "Probable",
     "source_publisher": "IAPP",
     "source_url": "https://iapp.org/news/a/se-presento-ante-el-congreso-nacional-argentino-un-nuevo-proyecto-de-ley-para-reemplazar-la-actual-ley-de-proteccion-de-datos-personales",
     "source_tier": null,
     "observed_at": null
    }
   ]
  },
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   "code": "enforcement_and_redress",
   "name": "Enforcement & Redress",
   "traffic_light": "green",
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    "enforcement_activity_index",
    "private_right_of_action",
    "recent_developments_180d",
    "regulator_funding_and_capacity",
    "regulator_powers_and_penalties"
   ],
   "url": "https://dataprotection.gi/jurisdictions/argentina/#enforcement-and-redress-enforcement-redress",
   "traffic_light_rationale": "Regulator is demonstrably active with a documented inspection/sanction track record and a judicially-enforceable private remedy; amber-tending on funding/capacity and collective-redress sub-modules, which are unsubstantiated.",
   "claims": [
    {
     "statement": "AAIP's Guía de Fiscalización (Resolución 332/2020) empowers it to conduct planned or spontaneous inspections, request judicial authorization where a subject fails to cooperate, and use verbal, visual, documentary and technical investigation techniques.",
     "regulatory_stage": "in_force",
     "is_binding": true,
     "confidence": "Confirmed",
     "source_publisher": "IAPP",
     "source_url": "https://iapp.org/news/a/se-publica-la-guia-de-fiscalizacion-en-materia-de-datos-personales-en-argentina",
     "source_tier": null,
     "observed_at": null
    },
    {
     "statement": "A pending reform proposes fines set between five and one million movable accounting units (based on an initial unit value of ARS 10,000), with the AAIP's own bill version adding an alternative graduation of 2% to 4% of the infringer's total global annual turnover.",
     "regulatory_stage": null,
     "is_binding": false,
     "confidence": "Probable",
     "source_publisher": "IAPP",
     "source_url": "https://iapp.org/news/a/posibles-cambios-al-regimen-de-sanciones-en-argentina",
     "source_tier": null,
     "observed_at": null
    },
    {
     "statement": "In 2022, AAIP opened 491 complaint files under the Personal Data Protection Law (27% more than 2021) and issued 63 resolutions, 52 of which were sanctionatory, imposing fines totaling approximately ARS 7,383,061.",
     "regulatory_stage": "in_force",
     "is_binding": true,
     "confidence": "Confirmed",
     "source_publisher": "IAPP",
     "source_url": "https://iapp.org/news/a/la-autoridad-de-proteccion-de-datos-de-argentina-publica-su-informe-anual-2022",
     "source_tier": null,
     "observed_at": null
    },
    {
     "statement": "Argentine legislation provides effective and dissuasive sanctions, both administrative and criminal, and enforcement of data protection rules is guaranteed through the special, simplified and rapid habeas data judicial remedy alongside general judicial remedies.",
     "regulatory_stage": "in_force",
     "is_binding": true,
     "confidence": "Confirmed",
     "source_publisher": "EUR-Lex",
     "source_url": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/ES/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX%3A32003D0490&from=PT",
     "source_tier": null,
     "observed_at": null
    },
    {
     "statement": "Two bills recently introduced in Congress — one by deputy Pablo Carro and another by senator Martín Doñate — propose a comprehensive reform of Ley 25.326, inspired by the AAIP's own draft that lost parliamentary status at the end of 2024.",
     "regulatory_stage": null,
     "is_binding": false,
     "confidence": "Confirmed",
     "source_publisher": "IAPP",
     "source_url": "https://iapp.org/news/a/novedades-legislativas-en-argentina-sobre-protecci-n-de-datos-personales-e-inteligencia-artificial",
     "source_tier": null,
     "observed_at": null
    },
    {
     "statement": "A new bill (project 1751-D-2026) filed by deputy Martín Yeza proposes to entirely replace the current Personal Data Protection Law with a 72-article, 13-title framework expressly repealing the current law and its regulations, drawing on South Korean, UK and Singaporean models plus GDPR influence.",
     "regulatory_stage": null,
     "is_binding": false,
     "confidence": "Confirmed",
     "source_publisher": "IAPP",
     "source_url": "https://iapp.org/news/a/se-impulsa-un-nuevo-proyecto-de-reforma-del-r-gimen-de-protecci-n-de-datos-en-argentina",
     "source_tier": null,
     "observed_at": null
    }
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