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• Argentina - Personal Data Protection Act [Search]
  Enactment: October 4th, 2000. Partial Promulgation: October 30th, 2000 (In English)
• Belgium - Privacy Protection in relation to the Processing of Personal Data [Search]
  In English by courtesy of ICRI (Interdisciplinary Centre for Law and IT - ICRI)
• British Columbia - Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act [Search]
  Full text in PDF format including regulations (on Information and Privacy Commissioner for British Columbia)
• Canada Alberta - Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act [Search]
• Canada Ontario - Access and Privacy Acts [Search]
  Full text in PDF and HTML formats (On Information and Privacy Commissioner - Ontario)
• Canada - Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act 1999 [Search]
  Perhaps the first privacy legislation outside of Europe to give recognition to the European "proper justification" principle - see s 5(3).
• Denmark - Act on Processing of Personal Data [Search]
  Act No. 429 of 31 May 2000 in English
• Finland - Personal Data Act (523/1999) [Search]
  An unofficial translation based on the text adopted by the Parliament in March 1999 (Data Protection Ombudsman of Finland)
• G Greenleaf, "4. Compliance with the EU data export requirements", in 'Global Protection of Privacy in Cyberspace - Implications for the Asia-Pacific (Self-regulation, national laws and international agreements)' 1998 Internet Law Symposium, Taiwan, June 1998. [Search]
  A detailed discussion of the guidance on the meaning of these provisions given by European bodies prior to 2000.
• Hong Kong - Privacy Ordinance [Search]
  Full text and commentary in English and Chinese (Hong Kong Privacy Commissioner's Office)
• Ireland - Data Protection Legislation [Search]
• Italy - Data Protection Act 1996 [Search]
  (unofficial translation into English by Luca Paresi)
• Italy - Privacy Legislation [Search]
  in Italian English and other languages
• Legislación sobre Protección de Datos [Search]
  Contains legislation on privacy from Spain and Europe. In Spanish (on Delitos Informáticos)
• Legislação Nacional [Search]
  Portuguese privacy legislation. Also available in English and French (On Commissao Nacional de Proteccao de Dados)
• New Zealand - Privacy Act and Codes [Search]
  Commentary and some full texts (NZ Privacy Commissioner)
• Portugal - Loi relative à la protection des données à caractère personnel [Search]
  in French
• Privacy Laws - Commonwealth of Australia [Search]
  Provides access to Australian laws relevant to privacy (on Australian Privacy Foundation - APF)
• Privacy Laws - States and Territories of Australia [Search]
  Provides access to Australian laws relevant to privacy (on Australian Privacy Foundation - APF)
• Privacy Laws of the World [Search]
  Provides access to many laws related to privacy around the world (on Australian Privacy Foundation - APF)
• Sweden - Personal Data Act (1998:204) [Search]
  Prevents the violation of personal integrity in the processing of personal data. Also contains Personal Data Ordinance and information on personal data protection in PDF Format (Datainspektionen)
• Switzerland - Data Protection Laws and Other Decrees [Search]
  in English French Italian and German (Swiss Data Protection Commission)
• UK - Data Protection Act 1998 [Search]
• United States - Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (15 U.S.C. § 6501)
  In PDF format