Law note · Latvia
Personal Data Processing Law (Fizisko personu datu apstrades likums)
cite Fizisko personu datu apstrades likums, Latvijas Vestnesis No. 132 (2018), in force 5 July 2018
stage In effect
since 2018-07-05
reviewed 2026-08-24
Latvia's national supplement to the directly applicable General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), establishing the Data State Inspectorate (DVI) as supervisory authority with GDPR Article 57-58 powers, national procedure for decisions, disputes and appeals, and data protection officer regulation. It does not restate GDPR's substantive lawful basis, rights, or transfer rules, which apply directly.
What it asks of an app
- Establish a General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Article 6 lawful basis before processing personal data of a person in Latvia, including data collected by crawling.
When LexLint raises it
Declared activities: crawls_web, trains_models, deploys_chatbot
Primary source: Latvijas Vestnesis official text, No. 132 (2018)
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