Iceland. Comprehensive data protection. Act
Act 77/2000Act No. 77/2000 on the Protection of Privacy as regards the Processing of Personal Data
§1Summary
- Synopsis
Iceland's general data protection act from 2001. It repealed the 1989 Act on the registration and handling of personal data and was in turn replaced by Act 90/2018, which entered into force on 15 July 2018 and implements the GDPR in Iceland.
- Key themes
- SaaS relevance
Historical only; replaced by Act 90/2018 (is-act-90-2018).
§2Dates
- Key dates
- Adopted
- In force
- Ended
- Dated 2000-05-10; in force 2001-01-01 (Art. 46); replaced by Act 90/2018 on 2018-07-15
§3Text and authority
- Text
- Authoritative text stjornarradid.is
- Authority
- Persónuvernd (Icelandic Data Protection Authority)
§4Where it applies
- Domestic law of
- Iceland
§5Sources and verification
- Sources consulted
- Verification
High confidence.
Adoption and commencement dates are from the English text on stjornarradid.is. The island.is list marks Act 121/1989 as repealed on 2001-01-01 and Act 77/2000 as repealed. The 2018-07-15 date comes from a search summary of Persónuvernd's English page, which could not be fetched; it matches the in-force date of the existing Act 90/2018 row. The reference to Directive 95/46/EC is from a search summary of the Icelandic legislative record.