Iceland. Comprehensive data protection. Act
Act 121/1989Act No. 121/1989 on the Registration and Handling of Personal Data (Lög um skráningu og meðferð persónuupplýsinga)
Repealed/superseded
Partly verified
Medium confidence.Exact adoption and commencement dates were not confirmed (althingi.is returned 403). The year is taken from the act number. The description of its scope and the link to Act 39/1985 come from a search summary of a 1989 bill and the consolidated text on althingi.is; the island.is list gives the repeal date.
§1Summary
- Synopsis
Iceland's data protection act of the 1990s. It covered the registration and handling of personal data, whether mechanised or manual, by businesses, associations, institutions and public bodies. Act 77/2000 repealed it on 1 January 2001.
- SaaS relevance
Historical only; replaced by Act 77/2000 (is-act-77-2000).
§2Dates
- Key dates
- Adopted
- Ended
- Replaced Act 39/1985, which lapsed on 1989-12-31; repealed on 2001-01-01 (Act 77/2000, Art. 46)
§3Text and authority
- Text
- No authoritative text located.
- Authority
- Persónuvernd (Icelandic Data Protection Authority)
§4Where it applies
- Domestic law of
- Iceland
§5Sources and verification
- Sources consulted
- Verification
Medium confidence.
Partly verified
Medium confidence.Exact adoption and commencement dates were not confirmed (althingi.is returned 403). The year is taken from the act number. The description of its scope and the link to Act 39/1985 come from a search summary of a 1989 bill and the consolidated text on althingi.is; the island.is list gives the repeal date.