Estonia. Comprehensive data protection. Act
PDPA 1996Personal Data Protection Act of 1996 (Isikuandmete kaitse seadus)
Repealed/superseded
Partly verified
Low confidence.Sources conflict on the adoption date (12 June per the Council of Europe, 21 June per Cambridge CIPIL). The in-force date comes from one Oxford source. The repeal date is inferred from the 2003 Act's entry into force; the 2003 Act's repeal clause was not read. The Riigi Teataja citation (RT I 1996, 48, 944) could not be confirmed and is not stated.
§1Summary
- Synopsis
Estonia's first personal data protection act. The Personal Data Protection Act passed on 12 February 2003 replaced it when that Act entered into force on 1 October 2003.
- SaaS relevance
Historical only; replaced by the Personal Data Protection Act 2003 (ee-pdpa-2003).
§2Dates
- Key dates
- Adopted
- In force
- Ended
- Enacted 1996-06-12 (Council of Europe; another source gives 21 June); in force 1996-07-19 (Oxford source); replaced by the 2003 Act, in force 2003-10-01
§3Text and authority
- Text
- No authoritative text located.
- Authority
- Andmekaitse Inspektsioon (Estonian Data Protection Inspectorate)
§4Where it applies
- Domestic law of
- Estonia
§5Sources and verification
- Sources consulted
- Verification
Low confidence.
Partly verified
Low confidence.Sources conflict on the adoption date (12 June per the Council of Europe, 21 June per Cambridge CIPIL). The in-force date comes from one Oxford source. The repeal date is inferred from the 2003 Act's entry into force; the 2003 Act's repeal clause was not read. The Riigi Teataja citation (RT I 1996, 48, 944) could not be confirmed and is not stated.