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Directory of privacy and data protection authorities [1999] PLBIRp 35; (1999) 49 Privacy Laws and Business International Report 23

Directory of Privacy and Data Protection Authorities

THIS DIRECTORY of Data Protection Authorities and other privacy contacts was updated in May 1999. Please inform the Privacy Laws & Business office of any amendments.

AUSTRALIA

Mr Malcolm Crompton

Federal Privacy Commissioner

Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission

GPO Box 5218

Sydney NSW 1042

Tel: + 61 2 9284 9610

Fax: + 61 2 9284 9666

e-mail: privacy@hreoc.gov.au

Internet: www.privacy.gov.au

AUSTRIA

Dr H Gamerith

President

Büro der Datenschutzkommission und des Datenschutzrates Bundeskanzleramt

Ballhausplatz 1, 1014 Vienna

Tel: + 43 1 531 15 2528

Fax: + 43 1 531 15 2690

e-mail: georg.lechner@bka.gv.at

BELGIUM

Mr Paul Thomas

Président

Commission Consultative de la Protection de la Vie Privée

Boulevard de Waterloo 115

Brussels 1000

Tel: + 32 2 542 7200

Fax: + 32 2 542 7212

e-mail: privacy@infoboard.be

Internet: www.privacy.fgov.be

CANADA

Mr Bruce Phillips

Federal Privacy Commissioner

Tower B, 3rd Floor, 112 Kent Street

Ottawa, Ontario K1A 1H3

Tel: + 1 613 995 2410

Fax: + 1 613 947 6850

Internet: www.privcom.gc.ca

DENMARK

Mr Henrik Waaben

Director

Registertilsynet

Christians Brygge 28 4 sal

1559 Copenhagen V

Tel: + 45 33 14 38 44

Fax: + 45 33 13 38 43

e-mail: sekretariatet@registertilsynet.dk

Internet: www.registertilsynet.dk

FINLAND

Mr Reijo Aarnio

Data Protection Ombudsman

PL 315

00181 Helsinki

Tel: + 358 9 18251

Fax: + 358 9 182 57835

e-mail : tietosuoja@om.vn.fi

Internet: www.tietosuoja.fi

FRANCE

Mr Michel Gentot

Président

Commission Nationale de L’Informatique et des Libertés

21 Rue Saint-Guillaume

75340 Paris Cedex 07

Tel: + 33 1 53 73 2222

Fax: + 33 1 53 73 2200

Minitel: 36-15 code CNIL

e-mail: CNIL@world-net.sct.fr

Internet: www.cnil.fr

GERMANY

Dr Joachim Jacob

Der Bundesbeauftragte für den Datenschutz

Postfach 200112, 53131 Bonn

Tel: + 49 228 819 95 10

Fax: + 49 228 819 95 50

e-mail: poststelle@bfd.bund400.de

Internet: www.bfd.bund.de

GREECE

Mr Konstantinos Dafermos

Data Protection Commissioner

Omirou 8

Athens, 10564

Tel: + 30 1 3352 6015

Fax: + 30 1 52617

GUERNSEY

Ms Diana Thompson

Data Protection Commissioner

Sir Charles Frossard House

PO BOX 43

La Charroterie

St Peter Port, GY1 1FH

Tel: + 44 1481 717000

Fax: + 44 1481 712520

e-mail: dpcommission@gov.gg

HONG KONG

Mr Stephen Lau

Privacy Commissioner

Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data (PCO)

Unit 2001, 20/F , Office Tower

Convention Plaza, 1 Harbour Road

Wanchai

Tel: + 852 2 827 2827

Fax: + 852 2 877 7026

e-mail: pco@pco.org.hk

Internet: www.pco.org.hk

HUNGARY

Dr László Majtényi

Parliamentary Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information

Tüköry u. 3

H-1054 Budapest

Tel: + 36 1 269 3537

Fax: + 36 1 269 3529

Internet: www.obh.hu

ICELAND

Mr Thorgeir Orlygsson

Chairman

Icelandic Data Protection Commission

Arniarhvoll

150 Reykjavik

Tel: + 354 560 9010

Fax: + 354 552 7340

e-mail: afgreidsla@dkm.stjr.is

IRELAND

Mr Fergus Glavey

Data Protection Commissioner

Block 4, Irish Life Centre

Talbot Street

Dublin 1

Tel: + 353 1 8748544

Fax: + 353 1 8745405

e-mail:fergus_glavey@dataprivacy.irlgov.ie

ISLE OF MAN

Mrs Lynn Keig

Data Protection Registrar

P O Box 69

Douglas,

IM99 1EQ

Tel: + 44 1624 661030

Fax: + 44 1624 661088

e-mail: odpr@odpr.org

Internet: www.odpr.org

ISRAEL

Ms Yosefa Tapiyero

Registrar of Databases

Ministry of Justice

Hillel Street 6

P O Box 2808

Jerusalem 91027

Tel: + 972 2 6255 650

Fax: + 972 2 6222 780

ITALY

Professor Stefano Rodotà

Data Protection Commissioner

Data Protection Authority

Largo del Teatro Valle 6

00186 Rome

Tel: + 39 6 681 861

Fax: + 39 6 681 8669

Internet: www.privacy.it

(This is not the authority’s website)

JAPAN

Mr Youichi Yasunak

Chief of Section

Government Information Systems

Planning Division Administrative

Management Bureau Management and Co-ordination Agency

3-1-1 Kasumigaseki

Chiyoda-Ku

Tokyo

Tel: + 81 3 3581 0712

Fax: + 81 3 3580 0760

e-mail: yyasunaka@somucho.go.jp

JERSEY

Mr Michael Smith

Data Protection Registry

States Greffe

Westway Chambers

Don Street

St Helier JE2 4TR

Tel: + 44 1534 502325/340

Fax: + 44 1534 502390

e-mail: stgreffe@itl.net

LUXEMBOURG

M. René Faber

Data Protection Commission

Ministère de la Justice

16 Boulevard Royal

Luxembourg

L 2934

Tel: + 352 478 4546

Fax: + 352 22 7661

THE NETHERLANDS

Mr Peter Hustinx

President

Registratiekamer

Prins Clauslaan 20

Den Haag

2595 AJ

Tel: + 31 70 381 1300

Fax: + 31 70 381 1301

e-mail: mail@registratiekamer.nl

Internet: www.registratiekamer.nl

NEW ZEALAND

Mr Bruce Slane

Privacy Commissioner

P O Box 466

Auckland 1

Tel: + 64 9 302 2160

Fax: + 64 9 302 2305

e-mail: privacy@iprolink.nz

Internet: www.privacy.org

NORWAY

Mr Georg Apenes

Director General

Datatilsynet

Postboks 8177 Dep 0034

Oslo 1

Tel: + 47 22 42 19 10

Fax: + 47 22 42 23 50

e-mail: postkasse@datatilsynet.no

Internet: www.datatilsynet.no

POLAND

Dr Ewa Kulesza

General Inspector

Office of the General Inspector of Data Protection

Pl. Powstancw Warszawy 1

00-030 Warsaw

Tel: + 48 22 826 2031

Fax: + 48 22 826 8100

PORTUGAL

Mr A Victor Coelho

President

Comissão Nacional de Protecção de Dados Pessoais Informatizados

3rd Floor

Rua de São Bento 148

1200 Lisboa

Tel: + 351 1 392 8400

Fax: + 351 1 397 6832

e-mail: cnpdpi@mail.telepac.pt

Internet: www.cnpdpi.pt

SLOVAK REPUBLIC

Mr Peter Lieskovsky

Statistical Office of Slovakia

Department of Informatics

Dúbravská 3

842 21 Bratislava

Tel: + 42 17 37 09 317

Fax: + 42 17 37 09 279

e-mail: liesk@fs1vusciar.sk

SPAIN

Mr Juan Manuel Fernández Lopéz

Director General

Agencia de Proteccion de Datos

Paseo de la Castellana 41, 5

Madrid 28046

Tel: + 34 91 308 4017

Fax: + 34 91 308 4692

e-mail: consultas@ag-protecciondatos.es

Internet: www.ag-protecciondatos.es

SWEDEN

Mr Ulf Widebäck

Director General

Datainspektionen

Box 8114

104 20 Stockholm

Tel: + 46 8 657 6100

Fax: + 46 8 652 8652

e-mail: Datainspektionen@din.se

Internet: www.din.se

SWITZERLAND

Mr Odilo Guntern

Federal Data Protection Commissioner

Feldeggweg 1

CH-3003 Berne

Tel: + 41 31 322 43 95

Fax: + 41 31 325 99 96

Internet: www.edsb.ch

TAIWAN

Mr Lo Chien Hsin

Prosecutor

Bureau of Legal Affairs

The Ministry of Justice

130, Sec 1, Chung Ching South Road

Taipei 100, R.O.C. 100

Tel: + 886 2 381 3939

Fax: + 886 2 311 4900

UNITED KINGDOM

Mrs Elizabeth France

Data Protection Registrar

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire SK9 5AF

Tel: + 44 1625 545 700

Fax: + 44 1625 524 510

e-mail: data@wycliffe.demon.co.uk

Internet: www.open.gov.uk/dpr/dprhome.htm

UNITED STATES

Professor Peter Swire

Chief Counselor for Privacy

Office of Management and Budget

Washington D.C, 20503

Tel: + 1 202 395 1095

Fax: + 1 202 395 5167

e-mail: Peter_Swire@omb.eop.gov

Some Non-National Data

Protection Authorities

AUSTRALIA

Mr Chris Puplick

Director

The Privacy Committee

Level 8

Goodsell Building

8-12 Chifley Square

Sydney, New South Wales 2000

Tel: + 61 2 9228 8199

Fax: + 61 2 9228 8187

CANADA

Mr David Loukidelis

Information& Privacy Commissioner, BC

Information & Privacy Commission

Fourth Floor

1675 Douglas Street

Victoria

British Columbia V8V 1X4

Tel: + 1 250 387 5629

Fax: + 1 250 387 1696

Internet: www.oipcbc.org.gov

CANADA

Dr Ann Cavoukian

Information and Privacy Commissioner, Ontario

80 Bloor Street West, Suite 1700

Toronto

Ontario M5S 2VI

Tel: + 1 416 326 3333

Fax: + 1 416 325 9195

Internet: www.ipc.on.ca

CANADA

Mr Paul-André Comeau

Président

Commission d’Accès à l’Information de Québec

888 Rue Saint-Jean, Bur. 420

Québec, (Québec) G1R 5PJ

Tel: + 1 418 529 7741

Fax: + 1 418 529 3102

Internet: www.cai.gouv.qc.ca

CANADA

Mr Robert C Clark

Information and Privacy Commissioner

Office of the Information and Privacy

Commissioner

# 410, 9925 - 109 Street

Edmonton

Alberta TK5 2J8

Tel: + 1 403 422 6860

Fax: + 1 403 422 5682

UNITED STATES

Ms Moya T. Davenport Gray

Director

Office of Information Practices

Office of the Lieutenant Governor

State of Hawaii

235 South Beretania Street, Room 304

Honolulu, Hawaii 96813-2437

Tel: + 808 586 1400

Fax: + 808 586 1412

e-mail: oip@state.hi.us

International Organisations

COMMISSION OF THE

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

Dr Ulf Brühann

Head of Unit

Directorate-General 15

200 Rue de la Loi

Brussels B-1049

Belgium

Tel: + 32 2 295 1612

Fax: + 32 2 296 8010

e-mail: E1@dg15.cec.be

COMMISSION OF THE

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

Mr George Papapavlou

Directorate-General 13-B

Bâtiment Jean Monnet

Plateau de Kirchberg

2920 Luxembourg

Luxembourg

Tel: + 352 4301 34318

Fax: + 352 4301 32847

e-mail: george.papapavlou@lux.dg13.cec.be

COUNCIL OF EUROPE

Mr Spiros Tsovilis

Data Protection Section

Public Law Division

Directorate of Legal Affairs

Secretariat General

67075 Strasbourg - Cedex

France

Tel: + 33 388 41 2551

Fax: + 33 388 41 2764

e-mail: Spyros.TSOVILIS@coe.fr

ORGANIZATION FOR ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT

Mr John Dryden

Head of ICCP Division

2 rue André-Pascal

75775 Paris Cedex 16

France

Tel: + 33 1 452 49 268

Fax: + 33 1 452 49 332

e-mail: john.dryden@oecd.org