Estonia. Comprehensive data protection. Act
PDPA 2003Personal Data Protection Act of 12 February 2003 (Isikuandmete kaitse seadus)
Repealed/superseded
Partly verified
Medium confidence.Passage and entry-into-force dates are from search summaries of the afapdp.org translation and Cambridge CIPIL; the replacement date follows the 2007 Act's entry into force on 2008-01-01. The text_url_en is a French-language translation hosted by the Association francophone des autorités de protection des données personnelles, despite the field name.
§1Summary
- Synopsis
Estonia's general data protection act in the years after the country joined the EU. It replaced the 1996 Act and was itself replaced by the new Personal Data Protection Act that took effect on 1 January 2008.
- SaaS relevance
Historical only; replaced by the Personal Data Protection Act 2007 (ee-pdpa-2007).
§2Dates
- Key dates
- Adopted
- In force
- Ended
- Passed 2003-02-12 (RT I 2003, 26, 158); in force 2003-10-01; replaced by the Personal Data Protection Act passed 2007-02-15, in force 2008-01-01
§3Text and authority
- Text
- Authoritative text afapdp.org
- Authority
- Andmekaitse Inspektsioon (Estonian Data Protection Inspectorate)
§4Where it applies
- Domestic law of
- Estonia
§5Sources and verification
- Sources consulted
- Verification
Medium confidence.
Partly verified
Medium confidence.Passage and entry-into-force dates are from search summaries of the afapdp.org translation and Cambridge CIPIL; the replacement date follows the 2007 Act's entry into force on 2008-01-01. The text_url_en is a French-language translation hosted by the Association francophone des autorités de protection des données personnelles, despite the field name.