Legislative Acts on ICT - Privacy

Countrysort icon Title Entry into force
Law on the Protection of Personal Data 2001
Albania Law on the Protection of Personal Data 1999
Angola Basic Telecommunication Law 2001
Argentina Law 25.326/2000 - Personal Data Protection Law 2000
Armenia Law on Personal Data 2002
Austria Federal Act Concerning the Protection of Personal Data 2000
Azerbaijan Law on Data, Data Processing and Data Protection 1999
Bahamas Data Protection (Privacy of Personal Information) Act 2003
Barbados Electronic Transactions Act 2001
Belgium Law on the Protection of Private Life with Regard to the Processing of Personal Data 1992
Bulgaria Law for Protection of Personal Data 2002
Cameroon Cybersécurité et la Cybercriminalité au Cameroun 2010
Canada Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act 2000
Chile Ley 19.628/1999 sobre la Proteccion de la Vida Privada 1999
Council of Europe Amendments to the Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data 1999
Council of Europe Additional Protocol to the Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data regarding supervisory authorities and transborder data flows 2001
Council of Europe Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data 1981
Croatia Act on Personal Data Protection 2003
Cyprus Processing of Personal Data Law 2001
Czech Republic Data Protection Act 2000
Denmark The Act on Processing of Personal Data 2000
Estonia Personal Data Protection Act 2004
European Union Directive on the retention of data generated or processed in connection with the provision of publicly available electronic communications services or of public communications networks 2006
European Union Directive 96/9/EC on the Legal Protection of Databases 1996
European Union Directive 2002/58/EC on the Processing of Personal Data and the Protection of Privacy in the Electronic Communications Sector 2002
European Union European Parliament recommendation to the Council on strengthening security and fundamental freedoms on the Internet 2009
Finland Act on the Protection of Privacy in Electronic Communications 2004
Finland Personal Data Act 1999
France Loi n° 78-17 relative à l'informatique, aux fichiers et aux libertés 1978
France Loi n° 2004-801 relative à la protection des personnes physiques à l'égard des traitements de données à caractère personnel 2004
Germany Federal Data Protection Act 2006
Hungary Act on the Protection of Personal Data and Disclosure of Data of Public Interest 1992
Iceland Act on the on Protection of Individuals with regard to the Processing of Personal Data 2000
Ireland Amendment to the Data Protection Act 2003
Ireland Data Protection Act 1988
Italy Data Protection Code 2004
Japan Act on the Protection of Personal Information 2003
Latvia Personal Data Protection Law 2000
Liechtenstein Data Protection Act 2002
Lithuania Law on Legal Protection of Personal Data 2003
Luxembourg Processing of Personal Data in the Electronic Communications Sector Act 2005
Macedonia Law on Personal Data Protection 2005
Malta Regulations made under the Electronic Communications [Regulation] Act (Chapter 399 of the Laws of Malta) enacted by Act XXXIII of 1997 2001
Malta The Data Protection Act (Chapter 440 of the Laws of Malta) enacted by Act XXVI of 2001. 2002
Malta Data Protection Act 2003
Mauritius Data Protection Act 2004
Netherlands Personal Data Protection Act 2001
New Zealand The Privacy Act 1993
Norway Personal Data Act 2000
OECD OECD Guidelines on the Protection of Privacy and Transborder Flows of Personal Data
Poland Act on the Protection of Personal Data 1997
Portugal Lei n. 41/2004 relativa ao tratamento de dados pessoais e à proteçao da privacidade no setor das comunicaçoes electronicas 2004
Romania Law n. 506/2004 on the Processing of Personal Data and the Protection of Privacy in the Electronic Communications Sector 2004
Romania Law n. 677/2001 on the Protection of Persons Concerning the Processing of Personal Data and the Free Movement of Such Data 2001
Slovakia Act No. 428/2002 on Personal Data Protection 2002
Slovenia Personal Data Protection Act 2005
South Africa Electronic Communications and Transactions Act 2002
Spain Law on the Protection of Personal Data 1999
Sweden Personal Data Act 1998
Turkey Turkish Constitution 1982
Ukraine Law on Protection of Information in Automated Systems 1994
United Kingdom Data Protection Act 1998
United States The Privacy Act 1974
Uruguay Ley n. 17.838 - Proteccion de Datos Personales para ser Utilizados en Informes Comerciales y Accion de Habeas Data 2004

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