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Uruguay GDPR Adequacy

Uruguay's Personal Data Protection Law and its alignment with the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), including the treatment of biometric data and the European Commission's adequacy recognition.

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Jan 25, 2026
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How does Uruguay’s treatment of biometric data compare to GDPR standards and the EU adequacy finding?

treats as a special category under its Personal Data Protection Law (Law No. 18.331) and has introduced explicit obligations—such as impact assessments, breach notification duties and, in some proposa...