Albania

Law No. 9887 on the Protection of Personal Data (in English)

Andorra

Loi qualifiée 15/2003, du 18 décembre, sur la protection des données personnelles (in French)

Andorra

Llei 15/2003, del 18 de desembre, qualificada de protecció de dades personals (in Catalan)

Angola

Lei No. 22/11 da Protecção de Dados Pessoais de 17 de Junho (in Portuguese)

Antigua and Barbuda

Data Protection Act 2013 (in English)

Antigua and Barbuda

Antigua and Barbuda Constitutional Order 1981 (in English)

Argentina

Ley 25.326 de Protección de los Datos Personales (in Spanish)

Armenia

Law of the Republic of Armenia on the Protection of Personal Data (in English)

Australia

Privacy Act 1988 (in English)

Azerbaijan

Law on Personal Data 2010 (in Azerbaijani)

Bahamas

Data Protection (Privacy of Personal Information) Act 2003 (in English)

Barbados

Data Protection Bill 2005 (in English)

Barbados

The Constitution of Barbados

Barbados

The Constitution of Barbados

Barbados

Electronic Transactions Act, 2001 (in English)

Belarus

Law Of The Republic Of Belarus On Information, Informatization and Protection of information – Law no. 8517 (in English, unofficial translation)

Benin

Loi n°2009-09 du 22 mai 2009 portant organisation de la protection des données à caractère personnel (in French)

Bhutan

Bhutan Information Communications and Media Act 2006 (in English)

Bhutan

Bhutan Information Communications and Media Act 2006 (in Dzongkha)

Bolivia

Ley general de Telecomunicaciones, Tecnologías de Información y Comunicación – Ley 167 de 08 agosto de 2011 (in Spanish)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Law on the Protection of Personal Data (in English)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Law on the Protection of Personal Data (in Bosanski)

Brazil

Protection of Personal Data Bill 2011 (in Portuguese)

Burkina Faso

Loi n° 010-2004/AN Portant Protection des Données à Caractère Personnel (in French)

Cape Verde

Lei n° 133/V/2001 of 22 January 2001 (in Portuguese)

Canada

Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (in English and French)

Chad

Law 007/PR/2015 on the Protection of Personal Data

Chile

Law 19.628 of 1999 (in Spanish)

China

The Decision of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress on Strengthening the Network Information Protection (2012).

Colombia

Law 1266 of 2008- Habeas Data Act (in English, unofficial translation)

Colombia

Ley Estatutaria 1266 de 2008 – Habeas Data Act (in Spanish)

Colombia

Law No. 1581 of 2012 (in English, unofficial translation)

Costa Rica

Ley de Protección de la Persona frente al tratamiento de sus datos personales, Nº 8968 (in Spanish)

Costa Rica

Political Constitution of the Republic of Costa Rica, consolidated version to October 5, 2005 (in English)

Costa Rica

Constitución Política de la República de Costa Rica, versión refundida al 5 de octubre de 2005 (in Spanish)

Côte d'Ivoire

Loi n° 2013-450 du 19 juin 2013 relative à la protection des données à caractère personnel (in French)

Czech Republic

Law on Personal Data Protection (in English)

Dominica

Privacy and Data Protection Bill 2007

Dominican Republic

Ley No. 172-13, sobre Protección de Datos de Carácter Personal del 13 de diciembre de 2013 (in Spanish)

Ecuador

Protection of Privacy and Personal Data Bill 2016

El Salvador

Constitution of the Republic of El Salavador, 1983, as Amended to 2003, article 2 (in English)

El Salvador

Decree No. 695, Official Journal No. 141. Last modified April 20, 2012

El Salvador

Customs Simplification Act

Equatorial Guinea

Law 1/2016 (Data protection law)

Gabon

Loi n°001/2011 relative à la protection des données à

Gambia

Information and Communications Act No. 2 of 2009 (in English)

Georgia

Law of Georgia on Personal Data Protection (in English)

Georgia

Law of Georgia on Personal Data Protection (in Georgian)

Ghana

Data Protection Act (Act No. 843) 2012 – DPA (in English)

Honduras

Anteproyecto de Ley de Protección de Datos Personales y Acción de Hábeas Data de Honduras (in Spanish)

Iceland

Law on the Protection and Processing of Personal Data 1989 (in English)

India

Justice Shrikrishna Commitee Report

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Law on Electronic Commerce (in English)

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Law 71063 on Computer Crimes (in Persian)

Iraq

Draft Data Protection and Privacy Law

Israel

Privacy Protection Act 1981 (in English)

Jamaica

Data Protection Bill 2012

Jamaica

The Constitution of Jamaica (in English)

Jamaica

Electronic Transactions Act No 15 of 2006 (in English)

Jamaica

Trade Act 1955 (in English)

Japan

Act on the Protection of Personal Information (in English, unofficial translation)

Jordan

Data Protection Bill

Kazakhstan

Law on personal data and their protection, 21 May 2013 (in Russian)

Kenya

Data Protection Bill 2012 (in English)

Republic of Korea

Korea’s Personal Information Protection Act was promulgated in 2011 as amended (in English)

Kuwait

Law No. 20 of 2014 (in English)

Kyrgyzstan

Law on Personal Data 2008 (in English, unofficial transalation)

Lesotho

Data Protection Act 2012

Liechtenstein

Gesetz über die Abänderung des Datenschutzgesetzes, 2002 (in German)

Madagascar

Loi No. 2014-38 (in French)

Malawi

Electronic Transactions and Cybersecurity Act 2016

Malaysia

Electronic Transactions and Cybersecurity Act 2016Personal Data Protection Act 2010 (in English)

Mali

Loi n° 2013-015 du 21 mai 2013 (in French)

Mali

MaltaData Protection Act 2001 (in English)

Mauritius

Data Protection Act 2004 (in English)

Mexico

Ley Federal de Protección de Datos Personales en Posesión de los Particulares 2010 (in Spanish)

Monaco

Act controlling personal data processing 1993 (in English)

Montenegro

Law on Personal Data Protection 2008 (in English)

Morocco

Law No. 09-08/2009 on the protection of people toward data protection of a personal nature

Nepal

Right to Information Act, 2064 (2007) (in English)

New Zealand

Privacy Act 1993 (in English)

Nicaragua

Ley No. 787 Ley de Protección de Datos Personales (in Spanish)

Niger

Projet de loi sur la protection des données à caractère personnel

Nigeria

Data Protection Bill 2011

Norway

Personal Data Act 2000 (in English)

Oman

Royal Decree no. 69 of 2008 – Electronic Transactions Law (in English)

Pakistan

Electronic Data Protection Act 2005 – Draft (in English)

Panama

Personal Data Protection Bill 2016

Paraguay

Ley 4868/2013 de Comercio Electrónico

Paraguay

Ley 1682/2001 Reglamenta la Informacion de Caracter Privado (in Spanish)

Peru

Ley N° 29733 – Ley de Protección de Datos Personales (in Spanish)

Philippines

Data Privacy Act of 2012 (in English)

Qatar

Law No. 13 of 2016 Concerning Privacy and Protection of Personal Data

Republic of Moldova

Law on Personal Data Protection 2007 (in English, unofficial translation)

Russian Federation

Federal Law Regarding Personal Data 2006 (in English)

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Privacy and Data Protection Bill 2012

Saint Lucia

Data Protection Act 2011 (in English)

Saint Lucia

Constitution of Saint Lucia

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Privacy Act 2003

San Marino

Law regulating the Computerized Collection of Personal Data 1983

Sao Tome and Principe

Data Protection Law 2016

Senegal

Loi n° 2008-12 du 25 janvier 2008 sur la protection des données à caractère personnel (in French)

Serbia

Law on Personal Data Protection 2008 (in English)

Seychelles

Data Protection Act 2003 (in English)

Singapore

Personal Data Protection Act 2012 (in English)

South Africa

Protection of Personal Information Act 4 of 2013

Suriname

The Constitution of the Republic of Suriname, Article 17 (in English)

Swaziland

Data Protection Bill

Switzerland

Federal Act on Data Protection, 1992 (in English)

Tajikistan

Law on Protection of Information (December 2, 2002, № 71)

Thailand

Personal Data Protection Bill 2011

The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Law on Personal Data Protection (in English, unofficial translation)

Trinidad and Tobago

Data Protection Act 2011 (in English)

Trinidad and Tobago

The Constitution of the Rpublic of Trinidad and Tobago (in English)

Tunisia

Law 63/2004 (in French)

Turkey

Data Protection Law 2016

Uganda

The Data Protection and Privacy Bill, 2015 (in English)

Ukraine

Law on Personal Data Protection 2011 (in English)

United Arab Emirates

Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) Data Protection Law

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Data Protection Act 1998 (in English)

United Republic of Tanzania

Data Protection Bill 2013

United States of America

Privacy Act of 1974 (in English)

Uruguay

La Ley 18331 Protección de Datos Personales y Acción de Habeas Data”del 11 agosto del año 2008 y el Decreto reglamentario 414/2009 (in Spanish)

Viet Nam

Law on Protection of Consumers’ Rights 2010 (in English)

Yemen

Law of the Right of Access to Information 2012 (in English)

Zambia

The Electronic Communications and Transactions Act, Act Number 21 of 2009 – the Electronic

Zimbabwe

Draft Data Protection Bill 2016