What Is Law of Turkmenistan "On Information About Private Life and Its Protection" (No. 519-V)?
Turkmenistan's Law "On Information About Private Life and Its Protection" (Ведомости Меджлиса, 2017, No. 1, art. 25), dated 20 March 2017 and numbered 519-V, entered into force 1 July 2017 per Article 33. It distinguishes publicly accessible personal information (directories, phone/address books, public electronic resources, mass media) from restricted-access information, and Article 6 lets a person's information be removed from a public source at any time at their request, or by a court or authorised state body. Article 26 gives rights to know whether an operator or third party holds one's information, obtain confirmation of collection purpose/sources/methods/retention, request correction, request blocking where a breach is at issue, request destruction where processing was unlawful or the data is incomplete/outdated/inaccurate/unnecessary, withdraw consent (subject to exceptions), and refuse dissemination in public sources. Response times are notably fast: the operator must provide held information within one working day, address inaccurate or unlawfully handled information within three working days (destroying it if correction is impossible), and destroy information within three working days of a consent withdrawal. This is a source-backed evidence profile. The Turkmen text controls if the Russian translation used for research differs. No standing independent data-protection commission was located; Article 28 lets the Cabinet of Ministers establish an authorised body, and Article 30 assigns compliance supervision to the General Prosecutor. No named private data broker or broker-specific removal process was located.
At a glance
- Full name
- Law of Turkmenistan "On Information About Private Life and Its Protection" (No. 519-V)
- Short code
- Turkmenistan Law 519-V
- Jurisdiction
- Turkmenistan
- Enacted
- 2017
- Last major update
- Entered into force 1 July 2017 per Article 33; no amendment located in the 5 September 2026 review
- Regulator
- No standing independent data-protection commission located; supervision of compliance is assigned to the General Prosecutor (Article 30)
- Private right of action
- Limited
- Statutory citation
- Law of Turkmenistan No. 519-V of 20 March 2017
Scope, who Turkmenistan Law 519-V covers
Protected data
Data subject rights
Know whether an operator or third party holds one’s information (Article 26)
Obtain confirmation of collection purpose, sources, methods, and processing/storage periods (Article 26)
Request correction; request blocking where a breach is at issue (Article 26)
Request destruction where processing was unlawful or data is incomplete, outdated, inaccurate, or unnecessary (Article 26)
Withdraw consent, subject to the law’s exceptions (Articles 8 and 26)
Refuse dissemination in publicly accessible sources, and request removal from a public source at any time (Article 6)
Notable features
The law sets unusually fast operator response times — one working day for a basic information request, and three working days to correct/destroy inaccurate or unlawfully processed data or to act on a consent withdrawal.
Enforcement & penalties
Penalties: The reviewed official Mejlis and Prosecutor General texts for this research pass focused on rights and response timelines rather than a consolidated fine schedule; a penalty figure was not confirmed in this pass.
Private right of action: Article 32 allows actions or inaction by a subject, operator, or third party to be challenged under Turkmenistan’s general legal procedure; the law does not provide a dedicated privacy-specific complaint form or deadline in the sources reviewed, and compliance supervision runs through the General Prosecutor.
Relevance to data brokers
The Article 6 public-source removal right is the only jurisdiction-specific route located that is directly relevant to people-search or directory-style records. No named private data broker, broker registry, or sector-specific removal process was located; the public-source provision should not be converted into a claim that every broker or public record must comply.
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FAQ
Can I get my information removed from a public directory in Turkmenistan?+
Article 6 lets a person’s information be removed from a public source (directories, phone/address books, public electronic resources, mass media) at any time at their request, or by a court or authorised state body.
How fast must an operator respond to a data request in Turkmenistan?+
The law sets unusually short deadlines: one working day to provide held information, and three working days to correct/destroy inaccurate data or act on a withdrawn consent.
Official sources & citations
Other international privacy regimes
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