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Digital snapshot – key policies and laws

Peru has assembled a broad digital-governance framework around its National Digital Transformation Policy to 2030, which connects digital public services, economic development, connectivity, skills, innovation and trust. The Digital Government Law provides the legal base for digital identity, services, interoperability, security and government data. It supports a public-service model built around GOB.PE, the State Interoperability Platform, the electronic national identity document and personalised services such as the Citizen Folder. Together, these systems are intended to reduce repeated paperwork, although their value depends on accurate records, institutional coordination and access for people with limited connectivity or digital skills.

Data that works

Peru’s National Data Governance Strategy 2026–2030 seeks to turn government data from scattered institutional records into a shared resource for better public decisions and services. Approved in February 2026, it establishes a common framework for managing data securely, ethically and consistently across national, regional and local authorities. The strategy addresses persistent problems such as fragmented databases, uneven data quality and limited coordination between public institutions. Its goal is not unrestricted data sharing, but clearer responsibilities and controlled reuse of reliable information while protecting people’s rights. Combined with Peru’s State Interoperability Platform, it could help agencies verify information without repeatedly asking citizens for documents already held by the state. Better-governed data could also support evidence-based policies, faster procedures and more personalised services through tools such as the Citizen Folder. Public institutions must align their own initiatives with the strategy through dedicated data-governance action plans.

Peru has also moved quickly on AI. Law No. 31814, its 2025 implementing regulation and the National AI Strategy 2026–2030 form a risk-based framework covering public and private uses. It restricts biometric-surveillance and profiling practices, placing stronger transparency, human-oversight and risk-management duties on AI used in employment, education, healthcare, credit, critical infrastructure and social programmes.

Digital trust rests on Peru’s Personal Data Protection Law and a substantially updated regulation that entered into force in March 2025. The regime strengthens rules for consent, marketing, security incidents, international transfers and data-protection officers. Cybersecurity is governed through the Digital Trust Framework and the National Centre for Digital Security, while the dedicated National Cybersecurity Strategy 2026–2028 remained officially classified as a proposal in July 2026.

Connectivity policy combines the older National Broadband Plan, the approximately 13,500-kilometre National Fibre-Optic Backbone, regional broadband projects and expanding private fibre networks. Peru completed the assignment of the 3.5 GHz band in 2025 and signed contracts with four operators for 5G deployment, linking spectrum access to investment commitments rather than adopting a separate national 5G strategy. International connectivity relies on submarine systems landing mainly around Lurín, making additional geographical and terrestrial route diversity important for resilience.

The digital economy is being shaped by interoperable mobile payments, fintech, cloud adoption, social commerce and stronger online-consumer rules. Peru has no single consolidated e-commerce or cloud strategy, but its policies are distributed across financial inclusion, taxation, data protection, digital signatures and public-sector cloud guidance. In 2026, Legislative Decree No. 1729 amended the Consumer Code to address involuntary subscriptions, preselected purchases, deceptive interface design and inadequate complaint channels, while detailed implementing rules were still under consultation.

Peru’s Permanent Mission to the UN in Geneva:

The Permanent Mission of Peru represents the country before the UN Office at Geneva, the World Trade Organisation and other international organisations based in the city.

Official UNOG website: https://www.ungeneva.org/en/blue-book/missions/member-states/peru

EMBASSY AND PERMANENT MISSION TO THE UN – GENEVA

Twitter/X profile: https://x.com/PeruEnGinebra

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