Croatia. Comprehensive data protection. Act
ZZOP 2003Personal Data Protection Act (Zakon o zaštiti osobnih podataka), NN 103/03
Repealed/superseded
Partly verified
Medium confidence.The exact adoption and entry-into-force dates were not found; AZOP states only that the law was passed in 2003. The 2018-05-25 repeal date is on zakon.hr and AZOP's site. Proceedings begun under the old law continued under it after that date.
§1Summary
- Synopsis
Croatia's general data protection act, passed in 2003, which established the Personal Data Protection Agency (AZOP). The Act on the Implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation (NN 42/2018) ended its validity on 25 May 2018.
- SaaS relevance
Historical only; replaced by the GDPR and the Act on the Implementation of the GDPR (hr-gdpr-implementation).
§2Dates
- Key dates
- Adopted
- Ended
- Passed in 2003 (NN 103/03); amended NN 118/06, 41/08, 130/11 and 106/12; AZOP began work in 2004; ceased to be in force 2018-05-25
§3Text and authority
- Text
- Authoritative text zakon.hr
- Authority
- Agencija za zaštitu osobnih podataka (AZOP)
§4Where it applies
- Domestic law of
- Croatia
§5Sources and verification
- Sources consulted
- Verification
Medium confidence.
Partly verified
Medium confidence.The exact adoption and entry-into-force dates were not found; AZOP states only that the law was passed in 2003. The 2018-05-25 repeal date is on zakon.hr and AZOP's site. Proceedings begun under the old law continued under it after that date.