Reference Materials

EPIC & Privacy International, country reports from Privacy and Human Rights 2003

Privacy International Report on Terrorism and the Open Society

More information is also available from the Central and Eastern Europe Data Protection Authorities Web Site

• Bulgaria (more information here)
• Czech Republic (more information here)
• Estonia (more information here)
• Hungary (more information here)
• Latvia (more information here)
• Lithuania (more information here)
• Poland (more information here)
• Romania
• Slovakia (more information here)
• Slovenia

• Bulgarian Commission for Personal Data Protection (Phone: +359 2 940 2046; Fax: +359 2 940 3640; e-mail: kzld@government.bg)
• Czech Office for Personal Data Protection
• Estonian Data Protection Authority
• Hungarian Data Protection Authority
• Latvian Data Protection Authority
• Lithuanian Data Protection Authority
• Polish Data Protection Authority
• Romanian Data Protection Authority
• Slovak Republic Data Protection Authority
• Slovenian Data Protection Authority

• Bulgaria Law on Personal Data Protection (2002) (pdf)
• Czech Republic Act No. 101 on the Protection of Personal Data and on Amendment to Some Related Acts (2002)
• Estonia Personal Data Protection Act (1996)
• Hungary Act No LXIII of 1992 on Protection of Personal Data and Disclosure of Data of Public Interest (1992)
• Latvia Personal Data Protection Law (2002)
• Lithuania Law on Legal Protection of Personal Data (last amendment: 2003)
• Poland Act of 29.08.97 on the Protection of Personal Data (1997)
• Romania Law No. 676 of 21 November 2001 on the Processing of Personal Data and the Protection of Privacy in the Telecommunications Sector (2001)
• Slovakia Act No. 428 of 3 July 2002 on Personal Data Protection (2002)
• Slovenia Personal Data Protection Act 1999 (1999)