Registration duties | Record-keeping duties | Reporting duties | Disclosure duties at website | Duty to respect user requests for | Duty to respect user veto ("opt out") | Duty to ask for user permission ("opt in") | Exceptions for very sensitive data | Restrictions on data transfer abroad | Restrictions on foreign sites collecting data inland | Archiving/Destruction of Personal Data | Other Impacts on Personalization | Resource URL | |||
Argentina |
? | ? | Argentina | ? | ? | Argentina | http://www.ulpiano.com/Dataprotection_argentina.htm | ||||||||
Australia | ? | Australia | ? | ? | ? | Australia | http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/pa1988108/ | ||||||||
Austria | ? | ? | Austria | Austria | http://www.bka.gv.at/datenschutz/dsg2000e.htm | ||||||||||
Registration duties | Record-keeping duties | Reporting duties | Disclosure duties at websites | Duty to respect user requests for | Duty to respect user veto ("opt out") | Duty to ask for user permission ("opt in") | Exceptions for very sensitive data | Restrictions on data transfer abroad | Restrictions on foreign sites collecting data inland | Archiving/Destruction of Personal Data | Other Impacts on Personalization | Resource URL | |||
Canada | ? | ? | ? | Canada | ? | ? | ? | ? | Canada | http://www.parl.gc.ca/36/1/parlbus/chambus/house/bills/government/C-54/C-54_2/C-54TOCE.html | |||||
Denmark | ? | ? | Denmark |
| Denmark | http://www.datatilsynet.dk/include/show.article.asp?art_id=443&sub_url=/lovgivning/indhold.asp&nodate=1 | |||||||||
Finland | ? | Finland | Finland | http://www.tietosuoja.fi/uploads/hopxtvf.HTM | |||||||||||
Germany (1994) | ? | ? | Germany (1994) | ? | ? |
| ? | Germany (1994) | http://www.bfd.bund.de/information/BDSG_neu.pdf* | ||||||
Registration duties | Record-keeping duties | Reporting duties | Disclosure duties at websites | Duty to respect user requests for | Duty to respect user veto ("opt out") | Duty to ask for user permission ("opt in") | Exceptions for very sensitive data | Restrictions on data transfer abroad | Restrictions on foreign sites collecting data inland | Archiving/Destruction of Personal Data | Other Impacts on Personalization | Resource URL | |||
Greece |
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| Greece | Greece |
| http://www.privacyexchange.org/legal/nat/omni/greece.html | |||||||||
Hongkong | ? | Hongkong | ? | ? | ? | ? | Hongkong | http://www.privacy.com.hk/contents.html | |||||||
Hungary | ? | ? | Hungary | ? | ? | Hungary | ? | http://www.obh.hu/adatved/indexek/AVTV-EN.htm | |||||||
Iceland | ? | Iceland | ? | Iceland | http://www.dataprivacy.ie/6ai.htm | ||||||||||
Registration duties | Record-keeping duties | Reporting duties | Disclosure duties at website | Duty to respect user requests for | Duty to respect user veto ("opt out") | Duty to ask for user permission ("opt in") | Exceptions for very sensitive data | Restrictions on data transfer abroad | Restrictions on foreign sites collecting data inland | Archiving/Destruction of Personal Data | Other Impacts on Personalization | Resource URL | |||
Ireland |
| ? | ? | Ireland | ? | ? |
| Ireland |
| http://www.personuvernd.is/tolvunefnd.nsf/pages/1E685B166D04084D00256922004744AE | |||||
Israel |
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| http://www.law.co.il/computer-law/privacy_law_english.htm | ||||
Italy | ? | Italy | yes | yes | yes | ? | Italy | http://www.privacyexchange.org/legal/nat/omni/italy.html | |||||||
Latvia |
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| Latvia |
| http://www.privacyexchange.org/legal/nat/omni/latvialaw.html | ||||||||
Lithuania | ? | ? | Lithuania | ? | ? | Lithuania | |||||||||
Registration duties | Record-keeping duties | Reporting duties | Disclosure duties at websites | Duty to respect user requests for | Duty to respect user veto ("opt out") | Duty to ask for user permission ("opt in") | Exceptions for very sensitive data | Restrictions on data transfer abroad | Restrictions on foreign sites collecting data inland | Archiving/Destruction of Personal Data | Other Impacts on Personalization | Resource URL | |||
Netherlands | ? |
| Netherlands | Netherlands | http://home.planet.nl/~privacy1/wbp_en_rev.htm | ||||||||||
New Zealand | ? | ? | ? | New Zealand | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | New Zealand |
| http://www.knowledge-basket.co.nz/privacy/legislation/1993028/toc.html Amendment: http://www.knowledge-basket.co.nz/privacy/legislation/legislation.html | |||
Norway | ? |
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| Norway | ? | Norway | http://www.datatilsynet.no/lov/loven/poleng.html | ||||||||
Registration duties | Record-keeping duties | Reporting duties | Disclosure duties at websites (for web users) | Duty to respect user requests for | Duty to respect user veto ("opt out") | Duty to ask for user permission ("opt in") | Exceptions for very sensitive data | Restrictions on data transfer abroad | Restrictions on foreign sites collecting data inland | Archiving/Destruction of Personal Data | Other Impacts on Personalization | Resource URL | |||
Poland |
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| http://www.privacyexchange.org/legal/nat/omni/poland.html | |||||||
Portugal | ? | ? | Portugal | Portugal | http://www.cnpd.pt/Leis/lei_6798en.htm | ||||||||||
Russia | ? | ? | ? | Russia | Russia | http://www.datenschutz-berlin.de/gesetze/internat/fen.htm | |||||||||
Slovak Republic | ? | ? | Slovak Republic | Slovak Republic | http://www.statistics.sk/webdata/english/acts/act5298/act5298.htm | ||||||||||
Registration duties | Record-keeping duties | Reporting duties | Disclosure duties at websites | Duty to respect user requests for | Duty to respect user veto ("opt out") | Duty to ask for user permission ("opt in") | Exceptions for very sensitive data | Restrictions on data transfer abroad | Restrictions on foreign sites collecting data inland | Archiving/Destruction of Personal Data | Other Impacts on Personalization | Resource URL | |||
Slovenia |
| Slovenia |
| Slovenia | http://www.privacyexchange.org/legal/nat/omni/slovenia.html | ||||||||||
Sweden |
| Sweden | Sweden | http://www.datainspektionen.se/PDF-filer/ovrigt/pul-eng.pdf | |||||||||||
Switzerland |
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Taiwan | ? | ? | ? | Taiwan | Taiwan | http://www.privacyexchange.org/legal/nat/omni/taiwan.html | |||||||||
United Kingdom | ? | ? | United Kingdom | ? | United Kingdom | http://www.legislation.hmso.gov.uk/acts/acts1998/19980029.htm |
Thailand, Japan: public sector only.