Last reviewed: 2 December 2024
Under the Personal Data Protection Law No. 25,326, no. However, other regulations do provide data localization requirements:
☒ Data localization / data residency laws that mandate retention of personal data or a copy thereof in the local jurisdiction (include whether copies or the original data may also be stored outside of the jurisdiction):
Corporate and accounting books and related documents have to be stored in the companies' legal domicile. Also, said books that may contain personal data (e.g., tax receipts) should be stored for a term of ten years.
Communication "A" 6354 issued by the Argentine Central Bank ("BCRA") allows financial entities to outsource Information Technology Services (ITS) (e.g., cloud migration), provided that they do not contain information on clients and/or the general public. The Communication provides that certain documentation must be stored within Argentina (e.g., original copies of accounting books and records and debtors' profiles according to credit management regulations).
☒ Other laws that may require the retention and storage of personal data (including, for example, where such data is part of another type of record or dataset) in the local jurisdiction or otherwise prohibit the transfer or disclosure of the personal data outside of the local jurisdiction:
☒ employment laws
Last review date: 2 December 2024
☒ Obligation for public sector organizations to share or make accessible non-personal data\
If so, please provide brief details of the relevant law or regulation.
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