Legislación internacional en materia de protección de datos y privacidad

Hola,

En Information Shield han publicado una interesante lista en la que podemos ver cuáles son las principales leyes de privacidad y protección de datos personales, según país/jurisdicción en las que son de aplicación. Los títulos de las normas están en inglés.

• Argentina: Personal Data Protection Act of 2000 (aka Habeas Data)
• Austria: Data Protection Act 2000, Austrian Federal Law Gazette part I No. 165/1999 (Datenschutzgesetz 2000 or DSG 2000)
• Australia: Privacy Act of 1988
• Brasil: Privacy currently governed by Article 5 of the 1988 Constitution.
• Canadá: The Privacy Act – July 1983 ,
  Personal Information Protection and Electronic Data Act (PIPEDA) of 2000 (Bill C-6)
• Chile: Act on the Protection of Personal Data, August 1998
• Colombia: No hay leyes específicas de privacidad, pero la Constitución otorga a todos los ciudadanos los derechos de acceso, modificación y cancelación de su información personal.
• República Checa: Act on Protection of Personal Data (April 2000) No. 101
• Dinamarca: Act on Processing of Personal Data, Act No. 429, May 2000.
• Estonia: Personal Data Protection Act, June 1996, Consolidated July 2002.
• Unión Europea: European Union Data Protection Directive of 1998
• Unión Europea: EU Internet Privacy Law of 2002 (DIRECTIVE 2002/58/EC)
• Finlandia: Act on the Amedment of the Personal Data Act (986) 2000.
• Francia: Data Protection Act of 1978 (revised in 2004)
• Alemania: Federal Data Protection Act of 2001
• Grecia: Law No.2472 on the Protection of Individuals with Regard to the Processing of Personal Data, April 1997.
• Hong Kong: Personal Data Ordinance (The «Ordinance»)
• Hungría: Act LXIII of 1992 on the Protection of Personal Data and the Publicity of Data of Public Interests (excerpts in English).
• Islandia: Act of Protection of Individual; Processing Personal Data (Jan 2000)
• Irlanda: Data Protection (Amendment) Act, Number 6 of 2003
• India: Information Technology Act of 2000
• Italia: Data Protection Code of 2003 y Processing of Personal Data Act, January 1997
• Japón: Personal Information Protection Law (Act) (Official English Translation) y Law Summary from Jonesday Publishing
• Japón: Law for the Protection of Computer Processed Data Held by Administrative Organs, December 1988.
• Corea – Act on Personal Information Protection of Public Agencies y Act on Information and Communication Network Usage
• Letonia: Personal Data Protection Law, March 23, 2000.
• Lituania: Law on Legal Protection of Personal Data (June 1996)
• Luxemburgo: Law of 2 August 2002 on the Protection of Persons with Regard to the Processing of Personal Data.
• Malasia – Common Law principle of confidentiality, Draft Personal data Protection Bill y Banking and Financial Institutions Act of 1989 privacy provisions.
• Malta: Data Protection Act (Act XXVI of 2001), Amended March 22, 2002, November 15, 2002 and July 15, 2003
• Nueva Zelanda: Privacy Act, May 1993; Privacy Amendment Act, 1993; Privacy Amendment Act, 1994
• Noruega: Personal Data Act (April 2000) – Act of 14 April 2000 No. 31 Relating to the Processing of Personal Data (Personal Data Act)
• Filipinas: No general data protection law, but there is a recognized right of privacy in civil law.
• Polonia: Act of the Protection of Personal Data (August 1997)
• Singapur – The E-commerce Code for the Protection of Personal Information and Communications of Consumers of Internet Commerce
• República Eslovaca: Act No. 428 of 3 July 2002 on Personal Data Protection.
• Eslovenia: Personal Data Protection Act , RS No. 55/99.
• Corea del Sur: The Act on Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization and Data Protection of 2000
• España: ORGANIC LAW 15/1999 of 13 December on the Protection of Personal Data
• Suiza: The Federal Law on Data Protection of 1992
• Suecia: Personal Data Protection Act (1998:204), October 24, 1998
• Taiwan: Computer Processed Personal data Protection Law (sólo para instituciones públicas)
• Tailandia: Official Information Act (1997) for state agencies. ( Personal data Protection bill under consideration.)
• Vietnam: The Law on Electronic Transactions (Draft: Finalized in 2006)

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