ArmeniaLaw on Protection of Personal Data, biometric data provisions
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In force since 1 July 2015.
A biometric privacy rule binding public and private bodies.
As of 29 August 2026.
What it requires
- An app that captures or stores a voiceprint, faceprint, or other biometric identifier from a person in Armenia must obtain the data subject's consent, unless a law-defined purpose can only be achieved through that processing, and must notify the authorized body before beginning to process biometric data, since Armenia's biometric-data definition does not distinguish by modality or by whether the identifier was derived from a recording.
What this law does
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Art. 3(13) defines biometric personal data only as information characterizing a person's physical, physiological and biological characteristics, a bare, generic definition with no processing-method qualifier, no unique-identification qualifier, and no named modality such as voice or face.
Art. 13 requires the data subject's consent as the default basis for processing biometric data, except where a law-defined purpose can only be achieved through that processing; no modality-specific variation exists.
Art. 19(4) and (6) defer retention and destruction specifics to a separate government resolution, not covered here, requiring only that physical-media storage of biometric data outside information systems be protected from unauthorized access, use, destruction, alteration, blocking, copying, and distribution. Art. 23(3) additionally requires the processor to notify the authorized body before processing biometric or special-category data of its intent to do so, a pre-processing notification duty.
Because the Art. 3(13) definition has no derivation or identification qualifier at all, whether it includes or excludes an identifier derived from a photo, video, or audio recording is not addressed by the statute's text.
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