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Most Latin American countries are enacting new laws aimed at ensuring data privacy similar to the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Non-compliance with these new laws could mean significant fines for organizations. This shift toward data privacy is raising compliance concerns among employers as they conduct background checks.

Here’s a review of how Latin American countries are tackling data privacy while conducting thorough background checks, and how organizations can best both balance and adapt to these new changes.