A Brief History of Data Privacy Laws in Asia

The information and commentary in this timeline is taken from Asian Data Privacy Laws: Trade & Human Rights Perspectives by Graham Greenleaf

The number of new data privacy laws in Asia is expanding, and the strength of existing laws increasing, factors shared with other regions of the world. Data privacy laws are therefore now a common factor in the Asian legal landscape, though not yet universal nor uniform. This timeline outlines a brief history of the inception of data privacy laws in some of the key jurisdictions in Asia. See Chapter 1: 'Data Privacy Laws in Asia', ;xSTx;a href="http://ssrn.com/abstract=251497";xETx;available here in full;xSTx;/a;xETx;;xNLx;

1980-09-23 00:00:00

OECD

Guidelines Governing the Protection of Privacy and Transborder Flows of Personal Data

1981-06-30 00:00:00

Council of Europe

Council of Europe Data Protection Convention 108

1988-07-01 00:00:00

Japan

Act on the Protection of Computer Processed Data Held by Administrative Organs

1990-06-30 00:00:00

United Nations

UN Guidelines for the Regulation of Computer Data Files

1995-06-30 00:00:00

European Union

EU Data Protection Directive

1995-07-01 00:00:00

South Korea

Public Agency Data Protection Act

1995-07-01 00:00:00

Hong Kong

Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance

1995-07-01 00:00:00

Taiwan

Computer Processed Personal Data Protection Act

1997-07-01 00:00:00

Thailand

Official Information Act

2001-06-30 00:00:00

Council of Europe

Data Protection Convention 108

2001-07-01 00:00:00

South Korea

Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization

2003-07-01 00:00:00

Japan

Act on the Protection of Personal Information

2004-06-30 00:00:00

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Privacy Guidelines

2006-07-01 00:00:00

Macao (SAR)

Personal Data Protection Act

2007-07-01 00:00:00

Nepal

Right to Information Act

2009-07-01 00:00:00

Malaysia

Personal Data Protection Act

2010-01-01 00:00:00

Taiwan

Personal Data Protection Act

2010-07-01 00:00:00

Vietnam

Protection of Consumers’ Rights

2011-07-01 00:00:00

India

Information Technology Act

2011-07-01 00:00:00

China

2011-07-01 00:00:00

South Korea

Personal Information Protection Act

2012-07-01 00:00:00

The Philippines

Data Privacy Act

2012-07-01 00:00:00

Singapore

Personal Data Protection Act

2012-07-01 00:00:00

Indonesia

Law on Electronic Information and Transactions

2012-07-01 00:00:00

ASEAN

ASEAN Human Rights Declaration.

2012-07-01 00:00:00

Hong Kong

Data Privacy Ordinance

2013-07-01 00:00:00

OECD

Privacy Guidelines

2013-07-01 00:00:00

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation

Cross Border Privacy Rules system

2013-07-01 00:00:00

Council of Europe

Council of Europe data protection Convention 108

A Brief History of Data Privacy Laws in Asia

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