Duty LXD-1271
Processes biometric data, in Azerbaijan
Law on Personal Data, comprehensive regime and lawful basissince 1 line
Law of the Republic of Azerbaijan on Personal Data, Law No. 998-IIIQ (, as amended through 2023), Arts. 1-2, 8-13 · Read the law's page
- An app that collects, uses, or discloses the personal data of an individual in Azerbaijan, including a facial image or voiceprint, must have a lawful basis under Art. 9.6, most commonly consent for data in an open category or a legislative basis defining the purpose and method of processing, since Azerbaijan's law reaches biometric data under these same ordinary conditions rather than exempting it.
Law on Personal Data, biometric data enumeration and general processing conditionssince 1 line
Law of the Republic of Azerbaijan on Personal Data, Law No. 998-IIIQ, Art. 9.5 · Read the law's page
- An app that captures or stores a facial image, voiceprint (sound fragment and its acoustic parameters in the Act's own term), or other biometric identifier from a person in Azerbaijan is still bound by this Act's ordinary processing conditions, a lawful basis under Art. 9.6 and destruction under Art. 9.4 once the purpose is achieved, even though Azerbaijan does not treat biometric data as a heightened special category and imposes no biometric-specific consent, retention, or storage-technology duty.