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Chile
Chile's existing privacy framework remains active, but public comparison should be read with caution because the regime is in transition toward a more modern comprehensive model.
Editorial caveat
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medium confidence, The current framework is active, but public comparison should emphasize the jurisdiction's ongoing modernization trajectory.
Breach
- Breach deadline (hours)
- 0
- Breach notification required
- No
Marketing
- Cookie consent rule
- Cookie practices are governed through broader consent and private life principles rather than a mature standalone cookie regime.
Transfers
- Cross-border transfer restricted
- No
- Data localization required
- No
Governance
- DPO required
- No
- Impact assessment required
- No
- Records of processing required
- No
Identity
- Effective date
- 1999-08-28
- Effective status
- in-force
- Last amended
- 2011-02-17
- Law status
- active
Scope
- Extraterritorial application
- No
- Private sector coverage
- Applies to private-sector processing of personal data under the existing statute.
- Public sector coverage
- Public bodies are also subject to statutory data protection principles.
- Territorial scope
- Applies to personal data processing in Chile under an older statutory framework that is being modernized.
Legal Basis
- Legal bases
- consent, legal authorization, publicly accessible source
- Requires legal basis
- Yes
Enforcement
- Maximum fine
- Enforcement is relatively limited under the current framework compared with newer global regimes.
- Private right of action
- Yes
- Regulator or enforcement authority summary
- Legacy enforcement structure pending modernization
Definitions
- Personal data definition
- Personal data means information concerning identified or identifiable natural persons.
- Sensitive data recognized
- Yes
Rights
- Right of access
- Yes
- Right to appeal
- Yes
- Right to deletion
- Yes
- Right to erasure or delete summary
- Legacy cancellation / deletion pathways
- Right to object
- No
- Right to portability
- No
- Right to rectification or correction summary
- Rectification right in legacy framework
Official sources
- Law 19,628 textPrimary official law • en • html
- Chile privacy reform materialsSecondary official material • en • html