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Data Protection in the EEA and Worldwide
Data Protection in the EEA, and Worldwide
We are starting with the European Economic Area, where the laws and regulations are the most stringent, and are both continually monitoring the laws worldwide and continually updating this page and the pages referenced here. Useful links appear in Marketing Links.
The purpose of this page is to act as an index into individual nations. As an index it will remain relatively static. The pages it indexes will alter from time to time. Each page has the date of creation and the date of last update when it is edited. These dates are the dates when the information was checked for correctness. The pages are presented "Errors and Omissions Excepted" and users are advised to use them as a reference point and not to replace formal legal advice with information on these pages
This page is suitable for bookmarking. Sub-pages are likely to vary from time to time. This section of our site is "Work in Progress" with new items being added and edited from time to time. Major edits will appear in our NewsFeed which is featured on our Newsletters pages
Each individual national page is designed to open in the same new window. We designed it this way to keep from cluttering up your screen real estate. If you need more than one nation open at a time please use your browser's "Open in a new window" function (in IE that is a right click function when on a link. Other browsers may vary)
Data Protection Law - Directive 95/46/EC
Full EEC Nations
- Austria
- Belgium
- Czech Republic
- Cyprus
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Hungary
- Irish Republic
- Italy
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Malta
- Poland
- Portugal
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Spain
- Sweden
- The Netherlands
- United Kingdom
EFTA Nations
Principalities and other places with special status
- Bailiwick of Guernsey
- Alderney
- Brecqhue
- Guernsey
- Herm
- Sark
- Isle of Man
- Jersey
Accession Nations - 2007
- Bulgaria
- Romania
eCommerce Regulations - Directive 2002/58/EC
We monitor the implementation of this rather challenging directive in a separate page. Click here to open the page
Data Protection Law - Rest of the World
Middle East and Africa
Pacific Rim
Data Retention Periods
Always a challenging topic, people often ask about retention periods for data. The answer has been distilled, at last in to a chart.
