Argentina Eyes Data Privacy Law Update That Tracks EU Rules

Argentina is taking a page from the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation in a planned update of its personal data protection law.

The government has sent changes to Argentina’s nearly two-decade old Personal Data Protection to Congress, where legal experts expect lawmakers to act on it by mid-2019.

The GDPR, which took effect May 25, sets stringent data protection standards across the EU and for companies doing business with the bloc. Under the GDPR, personal data about EU citizens may not leave the EU unless the destination country provides data safeguards that are equivalent to those in the EU. ...