Art. 3

This Law applies to any processing operation carried out by a natural person or a legal entity of public or private law, irrespective of the mean, the country in which its headquarter is located or the country where the data are located, provided that:

1. the processing operation is carried out in the national territory;
2. the purpose of the processing activity is to offer or provide goods or services or the processing of data of individuals located in the national territory; or
3. the personal data being processed were collected in the national territory.
   1. Data collected in the national territory are considered to be those whose data subject is in the national territory at the time of collection.
   2. Data processing as provided in Item IV of the lead sentence of Art. 4 of this Law is exempted from the provisions of Item I of this article.