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- Argentina - Personal Data Protection Act [Search]
Enactment: October 4th, 2000. Partial Promulgation: October 30th, 2000 (In English)
- Austria - Data Protection Act 2000
Datenschutzgesetz 2000, BGBl I Nr. 1999/165 in unofficial English translation (in PDF format)
- Belgium - Privacy Protection in relation to the Processing of Personal Data [Search]
In English by courtesy of ICRI (in PDF format)
- British Columbia - Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act [Search]
On Information and Privacy Commissioner for British Columbia
- Canada Alberta - Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act [Search]
- Canada Ontario - Access and Privacy Acts [Search]
Full text in PDF and HTML formats (On Information and Privacy Commissioner - Ontario)
- Canada - Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act 1999 [Search]
Perhaps the first privacy legislation outside of Europe to give recognition to the European "proper justification" principle - see s 5(3).
- Denmark - Act on Processing of Personal Data [Search]
Act No. 429 of 31 May 2000 in English
- Finland - Personal Data Act (523/1999) [Search]
An unofficial translation based on the text adopted by the Parliament in March 1999 (Data Protection Ombudsman of Finland)
- G Greenleaf, "4. Compliance with the EU data export requirements", in 'Global Protection of Privacy in Cyberspace - Implications for the Asia-Pacific (Self-regulation, national laws and international agreements)' 1998 Internet Law Symposium, Taiwan, June 1998. [Search]
A detailed discussion of the guidance on the meaning of these provisions given by European bodies prior to 2000.
- Hong Kong - Privacy Ordinance [Search]
Full text and commentary in English and Chinese (Hong Kong Privacy Commissioner's Office)
- Ireland - Data Protection Act 1988 [Search]
This is the law governing data protection in Ireland. The Act was passed on the 13th July 1988, and came fully into force on the 19th April, 1989
- Italy - Data Protection Act 1996 [Search]
(unofficial translation into English by Luca Paresi)
- Italy - Privacy Legislation [Search]
in Italian English and other languages
- The Journal of Information Law and Technology (JILT) - Data Protection Materials
- Legislación sobre Protección de Datos [Search]
Contains legislation on privacy from Spain and Europe. In Spanish (On Delitos Informáticos)
- Netherlands - Personal Data Protection Act [Search]
(Unofficial English translation)
- New Zealand - Privacy Legislation
commentary and some full texts (NZ Privacy Commissioner)
- Norway - Personal Data Act [Search]
Act of 14. April 2000 No. 31 relating to the processing of personal data (in English)
- Portugal - Loi relative à la protection des données à caractère personnel [Search]
in French
- Portuguese Privacy Legislation [Search]
In Portuguese (On Commissao Nacional de Proteccao de Dados)
- Privacy Legislation [Search]
Contains links to legislation and agencies on privacy from Canada and other jurisdictions (On PrivaTech Consulting)
- Spain - Privacy Legislation [Search]
Full text in Spanish (Spanish Data Protection Agency)
- Sweden - Data Act 1973 [Search]
- Sweden - Personal Data Act (1998:204) [Search]
Prevents the violation of personal integrity in the processing of personal data. Also contains Personal Data Ordinance and information on personal data protection in PDF Format (Datainspektionen)
- Switzerland - Data Protection Laws and Other Decrees [Search]
in English French Italian and German (Swiss Data Protection Commission)
- UK - Data Protection Act 1998 [Search]
- UK - Data Protection Laws [Search]
(UK Data Protection Registrar)
- United States Hawaii - Public Records Rules [Search]
(Office of Information Practices)
- United States Hawaii - Uniform Information Practices Act [Search]
(Office of Information Practices)
- United States - Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (15 U.S.C. § 6501)
In PDF format
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