European Data Protection Laws Chart [2000] PLBIRp 27; (2000) 54 Privacy Laws and Business International Report 12

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Country	Legislation	Date enacted	Entered into force	*CE ratified^[]**	Notification required	Manual records	Covers legal persons
Austria Belgium Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Guernsey Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel Isle of Man Italy Jersey Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom	Data Protection Act Data Protection Act Law on Personal Data Protection The Act on Processing Personal Data/ Civil Registration Act Personal Data Protection Act Personal Data Act Act on Data Processing, Data Files and Individual Liberties Bill to create a new law has not been published yet Federal Data Protection Act Draft Bill for a new law adopted 14th July 2000 A law on the Protection of the Individual against Processing of Personal Data Data Protection Law Protection of Personal Data and Disclosure of Public Interest Act Act concerning the Registration and Handling of Personal Data Data Protection Act Law on Protection of Privacy Data Protection Act Act on the Protection of Individuals and Legal Persons Regarding the Processing of Personal Data Data Protection Law Law of Personal Data Protection Law on Legal Protection of Personal Data Nominal Data (Automatic Processing) Act Data Protection Act Personal Data Registers Act/ Data Protection Act Data Protection Act Data Protection Act Act on Protection of Personal Data in Information Systems Personal Data Protection Act Law on Personal Data Protection Data Protection Act Federal law on Data Protection Data Protection Act	13th July 1999 11th December 1998 12th April 2000 31st May 2000 Amended 26th June 1998 12th June 1996, amended in 1999 10th February 1999 6th January 1978, last amended in 1996 20th December 1990, last amended in 1994 10th April 1997 28th May 1986 27th October 1992 28th December 1989 13th July 1988 February 1981, last amended in 1996 16th July 1986 31st December 1996 30th April 1987 6th April 2000 11th June 1996, amended in 1998 31st March 1979, last amended in 1993 28th December 1988 9th June 1978 14th April 2000 29th August 1997 26th October 1998 3rd February 1998 8th July 1999 13th December 1999 29th April 1998 (issued) 19th June 1992 16th July 1998	1st January 2000 Expected to be in force by the end of 2000 Expected: summer 2000 1st July 2000 1st October 1998 19th July 1996 1st June 1999 Fully implemented: 1st January 1980 1st June 1991 10th November 1997 11th November 1987 1st May 1993 January 1990 19th April 1989 11th September 1981 17th October 1990 8th May 1997 11th November 1987 — — 1st October 1979 1st July 1990 1st January 1980 Expected: 1st January 2001 30th April 1998 27th October 1998 1st March 1998 — 14th January 2000 24th October 1998 July 1993 1st March 2000	Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes — Yes Yes Yes No — Yes — No Signed 11th Feb. 2000 Yes Yes Yes No Yes Signed 14th April 2000 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes	Yes Yes Yes Yes Some Data Some Data Yes Some Data Yes Yes Yes Yes Some Data Some Data Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Some Data Some Data Some Data Some Data Some Data Yes Yes Some Data Some Data Some Data	Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No No Yes No Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes	Yes No No No No No Yes No No No No Yes No No No Yes No No Yes No Yes No No No No No No Yes No

^[*] CE means Council of Europe Convention 108 for the Protection of Individuals with Regard to the Automatic Processing of Personal Data.