The standards listed in the selected reading from each chapter have been combined into a single appendix and sorted in alphabetical order by the standard name for ready reference.
A10.1 Non-United States Privacy Laws:
Argentina: Personal Data Protection Act of 2000 (aka Habeas Data).
Austria: Data Protection Act 2000, Austrian Federal Law Gazette Part I No. 165/1999 (DSG 2000).
Australia: Privacy Act of 1988.
Brazil: Privacy currently governed by Article 5 of the 1988 Constitution.
Canada: 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.
Columbia: No specific privacy law, but the Columbian constitution provides any person the right to update and access their personal information.
Czech Republic: Act on Protection of Personal Data (April 2000) No. 101.
Denmark: Act on Processing of Personal Data, Act No. 429, May 2000.
Estonia: Personal Data Protection Act, June 1996, Consolidated July 2002.
European Union: Data Protection Directive of 1998.
European Union: Internet Privacy Law of 2002 (DIRECTIVE 2002/58/EC).
Finland: Act on the Amendment of the Personal Data Act (986) 2000.
France: Data Protection Act of 1978 (revised in 2004).
Germany: Federal Data Protection Act of 2001.
Greece: 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”).
Hungary: Act LXIII of 1992 on the Protection of Personal Data and the Publicity of Data of Public Interests.
Iceland: Act of Protection of Individual; Processing Personal Data (Jan 2000).
Ireland: Data Protection (Amendment) Act, Number 6 of 2003.
India: Information Technology Act of 2000.
Italy: Data Protection Code of 2003 Italy: Processing of Personal Data Act, Jan. 1997.
Japan: Personal Information Protection Law (Act).
Japan: Law for the Protection of Computer Processed Data Held by Administrative Organizations, December 1988.
Korea: Act on Personal Information Protection of Public Agencies Act on Information and Communication Network Usage.
Latvia: Personal Data Protection Law, March 23, 2000.
Lithuania: Law on Legal Protection of Personal Data (June 1996).
Luxembourg: Law of 2 August 2002 on the Protection of Persons with Regard to the Processing of Personal Data.
Malaysia: Common Law principle of confidentiality Draft Personal data Protection Bill 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.
New Zealand: Privacy Act, May 1993; Privacy Amendment Act, 1993; Privacy Amendment Act, 1994.
Norway: Personal Data Act (April 2000) - Act of 14 April 2000 No. 31 Relating to the Processing of Personal Data (Personal Data Act).
Philippines: No general data protection law, but there is a recognized right of privacy in civil law.
Poland: Act of the Protection of Personal Data (August 1997).
Singapore: The E-commerce Code for the Protection of Personal Information and Communications of Consumers of Internet Commerce.
Slovak Republic: Act No. 428 of 3 July 2002 on Personal Data Protection.
Slovenia: Personal Data Protection Act , RS No. 55/99.
South Korea: The Act on Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization and Data Protection of 2000.
Spain: ORGANIC LAW 15/1999 of 13 December on the Protection of Personal Data.
Switzerland: The Federal Law on Data Protection of 1992.
Sweden: Personal Data Protection Act (1998:204), October 24, 1998.
Taiwan: Computer Processed Personal data Protection Law - applies only to public institutions.
Thailand: Official Information Act (1997) for state agencies ( Personal data Protection bill under consideration).
Vietnam: The Law on Electronic Transactions (Draft: Finalized in 2006).