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Worker monitoring in Chile: related rules

Using AI to track workers' activity, productivity, location, behavior or state through cameras, software or sensors. It clashes with privacy and dignity, so it requires proportionality and prior notice, and in the EU inferring emotions is banned.

Risk classification

JurisdictionLevelDateNote
ChileData protectionDecember 1, 2026Law 21,719: impact assessment and legal bases for processing worker data.

Obligations related to this use case

Data protection impact assessment

Law 21,719Ley 19.628 modificada por la Ley 21.719, art. 15 terAdopted, applies later

Applies from December 1, 2026

When it relates
If processing is likely to be high risk; always for profiling with significant effects, large-scale processing, systematic monitoring of public areas and sensitive data without consent.
What the rule provides
  • Carry out the assessment before processing starts.
  • Follow the list and minimum guidance the Agency publishes.
Typical evidence
  • Signed and dated assessment per system.
Verification
Verified in the official source on November 2, 2026Text and date checked in BCN LeyChile (published in the Official Gazette on Dec 13, 2024; first transitional article: effective on the first day of the 24th month after publication = Dec 1, 2026). Postponement: Bill 18.623-07 (filed Sept 1, 2026, proposing Dec 1, 2027) passed the Senate on Oct 28, 2026 (33 to 6) with a new date of Oct 15, 2027 and moved to the Chamber of Deputies (press sources: Emol, Pauta, Garrigues). Until it is published as law, the legal date remains Dec 1, 2026. Recheck before that date.

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