Government authority in charge of data protection affairs
There are several national data protection authorities across the world, tasked with protecting
information privacy. In the
European Union and the
EFTA member countries, their status was formalized by the
Data Protection Directive[1] and they were involved in the Madrid Resolution.
On 12 June 2007,
OECD issued a recommendation entitled "OECD Recommendation on Cross-border Co-operation in the Enforcement of Laws Protecting Privacy". It aimed to improve national
Privacy law enforcement so national authorities can better cooperate with foreign authorities and put in place efficient international mechanisms to ease trans-frontier cooperation for legislation protecting privacy.[2] This recommendation was implemented with the 2010 founding of the Global Privacy Enforcement Network.
An Ibero-American network of data protection exists. In May 2008, during its 6th meeting, in Colombia, its declaration asking international conferences on data protection and privacy to "pursue their efforts, regardless of their geographical location, in order to adopt common legal instruments".
Another network is that of the Central and Eastern data protection authority (CEDPA). This network has expressed its will to pursue and strengthen its activities within the CEDPA, notably to elaborate common solutions and assist new members with the establishment of data protection legislation. That was during the June 2008 meeting in Poland.
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
Zimbabwe: There is currently no data protection authority but the
Zimbabwe Media Commission comments on the degree of protection of privacy from public bodies programs.
Government authority in charge of data protection affairs
There are several national data protection authorities across the world, tasked with protecting
information privacy. In the
European Union and the
EFTA member countries, their status was formalized by the
Data Protection Directive[1] and they were involved in the Madrid Resolution.
On 12 June 2007,
OECD issued a recommendation entitled "OECD Recommendation on Cross-border Co-operation in the Enforcement of Laws Protecting Privacy". It aimed to improve national
Privacy law enforcement so national authorities can better cooperate with foreign authorities and put in place efficient international mechanisms to ease trans-frontier cooperation for legislation protecting privacy.[2] This recommendation was implemented with the 2010 founding of the Global Privacy Enforcement Network.
An Ibero-American network of data protection exists. In May 2008, during its 6th meeting, in Colombia, its declaration asking international conferences on data protection and privacy to "pursue their efforts, regardless of their geographical location, in order to adopt common legal instruments".
Another network is that of the Central and Eastern data protection authority (CEDPA). This network has expressed its will to pursue and strengthen its activities within the CEDPA, notably to elaborate common solutions and assist new members with the establishment of data protection legislation. That was during the June 2008 meeting in Poland.
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
Zimbabwe: There is currently no data protection authority but the
Zimbabwe Media Commission comments on the degree of protection of privacy from public bodies programs.