Law note · Armenia
Law on Protection of Personal Data, special category data
cite Law of the Republic of Armenia on Protection of Personal Data, Law No. HO-49-N, Art. 12
stage IN FORCE in force since 2015-07-01
kind Sensitive categories
binds public and private bodies
reviewed 2026-08-29
What it requires
- An app that processes a category of special data covered by Art. 12 from a person in Armenia must obtain the data subject's consent or rely on a specific legal provision authorizing the processing, and must stop processing immediately once that basis or purpose no longer applies.
When LexLint raises it
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What we found
Art. 12 sets a single, general condition for special-category processing: processing without the data subject's consent is prohibited except where it is directly provided for by law, and processing must stop immediately once its legal basis or purpose lapses. This is a single ground, consent or a legal provision, considerably thinner than a multi-ground special-category structure.
The statute was not read for this document to enumerate which specific categories Art. 12 governs beyond this general rule, and biometric data is instead addressed by a separate, dedicated article (Art. 13), not folded into this general special-category rule.