Data Protection Laws of the World Handbook: Second Edition - Argentina

LAW

Section 43 of the Federal Constitution grants citizens expeditious judicial action to gain access to information about them contained in public and private databases and to demand its amendment, updating, confidentiality, or suppression if it is incorrect.

Personal Data Protection Law Number 25,326 (the "PDPL"), enacted in October 2000, provides much broader protection of personal data closely following Spain's data protection law. On 30 June 2003, the European Commission recognised that Argentina provides an "adequate" level of protection of personal data, in line with the Data Protection Directive (95/46/EC).

DEFINITION OF PERSONAL DATA

Personal information or data means "any type of information related to identified or identifiable individuals or legal entities".