Ley 25.326, cross-border transfer

Ley 25.326, art. 12 (cross-border transfer)

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In force since 30 October 2000.

A cross border transfer rule binding public and private bodies.

As of 19 September 2026.

What it requires

Before transferring personal data of any kind to a country or international or supranational organization, confirm it provides an adequate level of protection; the transfer is prohibited otherwise.
Rely on the prohibition's exceptions only for international judicial cooperation, health-data exchange the affected person's treatment or an epidemiological investigation requires under dissociation safeguards, a banking or securities transfer under its own applicable law, a treaty-based transfer to which Argentina is a party, or intelligence-agency cooperation against organized crime, terrorism, or drug trafficking.

What it reaches

Obligation class

Transfer

What this law does

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Article 12.1 prohibits transferring personal data of any kind to a country or international or supranational organization that does not provide an adequate level of protection.

Article 12.2 narrows the prohibition to exempt international judicial cooperation, health-data exchange the affected person's treatment or an epidemiological investigation requires, carried out under the dissociation safeguard article 11.3.d states, banking or securities transfers governed by their own applicable law, a transfer agreed under a treaty to which Argentina is a party, and intelligence-agency cooperation against organized crime, terrorism, or drug trafficking.

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Read the law

Official consolidated text of Ley 25.326, InfoLEG (Ministerio de Justicia y Derechos Humanos)

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