Latin America Topic Page
On this topic page, you can find the IAPP’s collection of coverage, analysis and resources related to privacy in Latin America. The IAPP Resource Center also includes a “Brazil” topic page.
Latin America
AI regulation in Latin America
In this article, ÉCIJA Director of Digital Law and Policy Daniel Rodríguez Maffioli discusses the approach to AI regulation in Latin America.
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Argentina’s AAPI publishes Draft Law on the Protection of Personal Data
This article outlines Argentina’s Draft Law’s proposed principles, including its accountability principle for processing personal data and enhanced rights of data subjects.
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Argentina’s AAIP endorses RIPD SCCs
This article discusses the AAIP resolution that recognizes the SCC’s drafted by the the RIPD as a valid mechanism for transferring personal data to nonadequate jurisdictions.
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Argentina issues recommendations for reliable AI
This article analyzes Resolution 2/2023, which approved a set of recommendations for trustworthy AI directed to the public sector.
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Privacy Around the Globe: Argentina
This LinkedIn Live video takes a close look at the changing privacy landscape in Argentina.
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Reporting cyber incident requirements in some Latin American jurisdictions
Cyber events are global issues that manifest in many ways and generally impact several countries simultaneously. This article examines the cyber incident notification requirements in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Mexico.
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Additional News and Resources
Argentina’s AAIP helps create personal data protection guide
Access to credit risk data: The scope of automated decision-making in Chile’s draft law
Argentina’s AAIP creates AI transparency and protection of personal data program
Argentina issues recommendations for reliable AI
Ecuador’s PDPL: Challenges before entry into force
Chile’s Chamber of Deputies approves personal data processing rules
Privacy Around the Globe: Argentina
Argentina: Draft bill on personal data protection
Information Security Standards for the main regulated sectors in Brazil
FinTech in Costa Rica: The regulatory landscape and privacy as a priority
Ransomware attacks lead to national emergency in Costa Rica
Russian ransomware group claims to publish Costa Rican government data on dark web
Surveillance Tech in Latin America: Made Abroad, Deployed at Home
Colombian DPA institutes alternative dispute resolution mechanism
El Salvador passes Personal Data Protection Law
Ecuador’s draft data protection bill
Peru publishes 2020 activity report
Updates to Argentina’s health privacy laws
Colombian DPA ratifies order for Uber to improve security measures
Colombian DPA fines bank 269M pesos
COVID-19-related health data exposed in Argentina
Latin America’s open data risks
Peru: Employers can process sensitive data without consent for now
Assessing the Right to Personal Data Portability in Mexico
Argentina and Uruguay publish ‘Data Protection Impact Assessment Guidelines’
CPLT advocates for Chilean data protection law
Argentina’s DPA publishes annual report
What are privacy pros grappling with in Brazil, Mexico?
The Privacy Advisor Podcast: A look at privacy in Mexico and Brazil
Obtaining adequacy standing for Colombia
Personal data protection is a constitutional right in Chile
GDPR matchup: Mexico’s Federal Data Protection Law Held by Private Parties and its Regulations
Mexico’s new public-sector data protection law