UruguayLey N° 18.331, automated decisions
Ley N° 18.331, art. 16, según Ley N° 18.719, de 2010 (automated individual decisions)
In force.
A data subject rights rule binding public and private bodies.
- Obligation class
- Data subject rights
As of .
What it requires
- Let a data subject challenge, and obtain the valuation criteria and the program behind, any administrative act or private decision based solely on automated processing of their personal data that offers an assessment of their character or personality.
What this law does
Article 16, in the wording given by Ley N° 18.719 of 2010, gives a person the right not to be subjected to a decision with legal effects that significantly affects them, based on automated processing intended to assess aspects of their personality such as work performance, creditworthiness, reliability or conduct.
It lets the affected person challenge an administrative act or a private decision that assesses their conduct where personal-data processing offering a definition of their characteristics or personality is its sole basis, and in that case gives them the right to obtain from the database controller both the assessment criteria and the program used in the processing behind the decision.
When LexLint raises it
When your app profile says your app makes high-risk automated decisions.