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Peru

5%DSA alignment

Peru has no DSA-style platform-transparency or accountability law in force; it relies on the general Ley 29733 data-protection regime plus consumer/advertising law, while several child-safety and disinformation bills remain pending.

In forceLey N° 29733 — Protección de Datos Personales (2011)· ANPD (MINJUSDH)
ProposedPL 10880/2024-CR — niños y adolescentes en entornos digitales (2024)· n/a (committee-approved only)

Scored against the DSA

Each obligation the DSA imposes on very large platforms, and whether Peru’s law requires the same. Cells cover DSA-style, user-protective transparency and accountability only.

  • Required by law
  • Partial / emerging
  • No such obligation
  • Undetermined

Transparency

  • No such obligation

    Public ad libraryDSA Art. 39

    No DSA Art. 39-type ad-repository obligation; no platform-transparency statute in force.

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  • No such obligation

    Transparency reportsDSA Art. 15 / 24 / 42

    No content-moderation transparency-report mandate.

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  • No such obligation

    Researcher data accessDSA Art. 40

    No vetted-researcher data-access right (no DSA Art. 40 analogue).

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  • No such obligation

    Reach disclosureDSA Art. 24(2)

    No active-user / reach disclosure mandate.

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Accountability

  • No such obligation

    Systemic risk assessmentDSA Art. 34–35

    No mandated risk assessments; a child-safety framework is only proposed in PL 10880/2024-CR.

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  • No such obligation

    Independent auditDSA Art. 37

    No independent-audit mandate (no DSA Art. 37 analogue).

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  • No such obligation

    Algorithmic transparencyDSA Art. 27 / 38

    No recommender-transparency or non-profiling-feed mandate.

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  • Regulator + penaltiesDSA Art. 49–52, 74

    The ANPD is a dedicated data-protection regulator with real fining power reaching platform data practices, but it enforces Ley 29733, not DSA-style transparency duties.

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Child protection

  • No such obligation

    No profiling ads to minorsDSA Art. 26(3) / 28

    No ban on profiling ads to minors; the data-protection reglamento only requires consent for targeted advertising.

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  • No such obligation

    Age assuranceBeyond the DSA

    No mandated age assurance; proposed (under-16 account ban) in PL 10880/2024-CR.

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  • No such obligation

    Child-safety duty of careDSA Art. 28

    No enacted child-safety duty of care; proposed in PL 10880/2024-CR, committee-approved only.

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