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In this post we analyze how these regulatory advances which strengthen privacy standards, on the one hand, favor and enhance the digital economy of our country facilitating its global integration, and on the other hand, help Argentina to maintain the status of adequate country before a possible review process by the European Council.
If your company or organization processes personal data of Argentines as a data controller, please note that the Supervisory Authority on the protection of personal data of Argentina (the Agency for Access to Public Information or "Agency"), has issued updates regarding the registration of foreign companies, as well as the classification, grading and maximum limits of the infringements applicable in the event of non-compliance. Read this article for a summary of these developments.
Gabriela Szlak, Partner at Lerman & Szlak, reviews the most relevant aspects of the Health industry applicable to the private sector in an article published in OneTrust Data Guidance last August. It analyzes the main regulatory aspects of Argentine legislation, complementary rules and applicable international instruments.
With this new regulation, the CONICET seeks to increase its support to the TBCs by recovering the obligatory nature of their establishment in Argentina, promoting the growth of their capacities and improving the levels of articulation and public-private investment.
Our associate Luciano Gutman was invited by the eCommerce Institute to teach a class on privacy compliance as part of the Cross Border course. The class focused on the General Data Protection Regulation of the European Union, the Brazilian General Data Protection Law and the Personal Information Protection Law of China.
Last week it was launched the Argentina Delivers Platform https://argentinadelivers.com/, a public-private initiative that aims to support, promote and foster Argentina's IT sector among US companies. Lerman & Szlak proudly collaborated by providing legal support to the drafting of legal documents on technology and privacy matters of such initiative.
Our partner Celia Lerman was invited by the Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, where she is Co-Director of the Law Degree and Director and Founder of the Innovation and Law Lab and the Legal Clinic for Entrepreneurs, to give a class on "Entrepreneurship and Intellectual Property" as part of the Law and Startups course of the University's Executive Legal Education Program.
For the second year in a row, Luciano Gutman led the "Tudu Legal" Workshop organized by the Entrepreneurs Club of the Israelite Mutual Association of Argentina (AMIA), aimed at entrepreneurs with businesses started at least two years ago.
On Friday October 14th, 2022, it took place the Law Competition organized by the Law School of the Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, in which our partner Celia Lerman acted as judge in the final rounds.
On September 28th, 2022, our partners Gabriela Szlak and Celia Lerman presented in an online event the Report published by ADC together with the Digital Trade Alliance: "Mercosur E-Commerce Agreement: Challenges and Opportunities". The report, which was also supported by Public Citizen, analyses the Agreement signed on April 29th, 2021, by Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay, the four MERCOSUR member countries.