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National data protection authority

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National data protection authorities are authorities tasked with information privacy. In the European Union and the EFTA member countries their status was formalized by the Data Protection Directive and they were involved in the Madrid Resolution.

List of national data protection authorities

  • Andorra: The Data Protection Agency of Andorra (Catalan: Agència Andorrana de Protecció de Dades (APDA))
  • Australia: the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner
  • Austria: Austrian Data Protection Authority (German: Datenschutzbehörde)
  • Belgium: Commission for the protection of privacy (Dutch: Commissie voor de bescherming van de persoonlijke levenssfeer (CBPL), French: Commission de la protection de la vie privée (CPVP)), also known as CPP
  • Bulgaria: Bulgarian data protection authority (Bulgarian: Комисия за защита на личните данни)
  • Bailiwick of Guernsey: The Data Protection Office
  • Croatia: Croatian Personal Data Protection Agency (Croatian: Agencija za zaštitu osobnih podataka (AZOP))
  • Cyprus: Office of the Commissioner for Personal Data Protection (Greek: Γραφείο Επιτρόπου Προστασίας Δεδομένων Προσωπικού Χαρακτήρα)
  • Czech Republic: The Office for Personal Data Protection (Czech: Úřad pro ochranu osobních údajů (ÚOOÚ))
  • Denmark: Danish Data Protection Agency (Danish: Datatilsynet)
  • Estonia: Estonian Data Protection Inspectorate (Estonian: Andmekaitse Inspektsioon)
  • Finland: Office of the Data Protection Ombudsman (Finnish: Tietosuojavaltuutetun toimisto)
  • France: Commission nationale de l'informatique et des libertés (lit. 'National Commission on Informatics and Liberty'), also known as CNIL
  • Germany: Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (German: Bundesbeauftragter für den Datenschutz und die Informationsfreiheit (BfDI))
  • Germany also has data protection authorities for its various states
  • Greece: Hellenic Data Protection Authority (Greek: Καλώς ήλθατε στην ιστοσελίδα της Αρχής Προστασίας Δεδομένων Προσωπικού Χαρακτήρα), also known as HDPA
  • Hungary: Hungarian National Authority for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (Hungarian: Nemzeti Adatvédelmi és Információszabadság Hatóság (NAIH))
  • Iceland: Data Protection Authority (Icelandic: Persónuvernd)
  • Ireland: Data Protection Commissioner (Irish: An Coimisinéir Cosanta Sonraí), also known as DPC
  • Italy: Italian Data Protection Authority (Italian: Garante per la Protezione dei Dati Personali), also known as Italian DPA
  • Latvia: Data State Inspectorate (Latvian: Datu valsts inspekcija, Russian: Государственная инспекция данных)
  • Liechtenstein: Datenschutzstelle
  • Lithuania: State Data Protection Inspectorate (Lithuanian: Valstybinė duomenų apsaugos inspekcija (VDAI))
  • Luxembourg: National Commission for Data Protection (German: Nationale Kommission für den Datenschutz, French: Commission nationale pour la protection des données), also known as CNPD
  • Macedonia: Directorate for Personal Data Protection (Macedonian: Дирекција за заштита на лични податоци)
  • Malta: Office of the Information and Data Protection Commissioner, also known as IDPC
  • Monaco: Commission de contrôle des informations nominatives (lit. 'Personal data control board'), also known as CCIN
  • The Netherlands: the Dutch Data Protection Authority (Dutch: Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens (AP)), also known as Dutch DPA
  • Norway: Norwegian Data Protection Authority (Norwegian: Datatilsynet)
  • Philippines: the National Privacy Commission
  • Poland: Inspector General for the Protection of Personal Data (Polish: Generalny Inspektor Ochrony Danych Osobowych (GIODO))
  • Portugal: National Commission Data Protection (Portuguese: Comissão Nacional de Proteção de Dados (CNPD)), also known as NCDP
  • Russia: the Federal Service for Supervision in the Sphere of Telecom, Information Technologies and Mass Communications (Roskomnadzor)
  • Serbia: Commissioner for Information of Public Importance and Personal Data Protection (Serbian: Повереник за информације од јавног значаја и заштиту података о личности)
  • Slovakia: Office for Personal Data Protection of the Slovak Republic (Slovak: Úrad na ochranu osobných údajov Slovenskej republiky)
  • Slovenia: Information Commissioner of the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: Republika Slovenija Informacijski pooblaščenec)
  • Spain: Spanish Agency of data protection (Spanish: Agencia Española de Protección de Datos (AEPD))
  • Basque Country: Basque data protection authority (Basque: Datuak Babesteko Euskal Bulegoa, Spanish: Agencia Vasca de Protección de Datos)
  • Catalonia: Catalan Data Protection Authority (Catalan: Autoritat Catalana de Protecció de Dades (APDCAT))
  • Sweden: Swedish Data Protection Authority (Swedish: Datainspektionen), also known as Swedish DPA
  • Switzerland: Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (German: Eidgenössischer Datenschutz- und Öffentlichkeitsbeauftragter (EDÖB), French: Préposé fédéral à la protection des données et à la transparence (PFPDT), Italian: Incaricato federale della protezione dei dati e della trasparenza (IFPDT)), also known as FDPIC
  • United Kingdom: Information Commissioner's Office, also known as ICO.
  • Isle of Man: the Office of the Data Protection Supervisor

    • References

    National data protection authority Wikipedia
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