| Canada | Privacy Act (1982)
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| Denmark | Personal Data Act (2000)
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| Finland | Constitution (1919), Personal Data Act ( 1999)
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| France | Law Regarding Data Processing, Files and Individual Liberties (1978)
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| Germany | Federal Data Protection Act (1977, 2000) amended 2001
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| Hong Kong | Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance (1995)
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| Hungary | Constitution (1949), Act on the Protection of Personal Data and on the Publicity of Data of Public Interest (1992)
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| Iceland | Act on the Protection of Individuals with Regard to Processing of Personal Data (2000)
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| Ireland | Data Protection Act (1988)
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| Israel | Protection of Privacy Law (1981)
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| Italy | Law on Protection of Individuals and Other Subjects with Regard to Processing of Personal Information (1996)
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| Luxembourg | Act Regulating the Use of Nominative Data in Computer Processing (1979)
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| Netherlands | Act Providing Rules for the Protection of Privacy in Connection with Personal Data Files (1988)
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| New Zealand | Privacy Act (1993)
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| Norway | Personal Data Act (2000)
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| Portugal | Act on the Protection of Personal Data (1998)
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| Slovak Republic | Constitution (1992)
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| Spain | Constitution (1978), Law on Personal Data Protection (1998)
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| Sweden | Personal Data Act (1998)
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| Switzerland | Civil Code (1907), Federal Law on the Protection of Data (1992)
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| United States | Privacy Act (1974), Freedom of Information Act (1967), privacy statutes in many states (see HC 294-I (1992-93), Annex 1)
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