Luxembourg. Comprehensive data protection. Act
Loi du 31 mars 1979Law of 31 March 1979 regulating the use of nominal data in computerised processing
Partly verified
Low confidence.date_in_force is the year of the law (the CNPD brochure says it was voted on 31 March 1979); no commencement clause was read. Repeal date follows the CNPD's statement that the 2002 law entered into force on 1 December 2002; the Cambridge CIPIL page gives 2 August 2002 instead. text_url is the Legilux ELI link, which resolved to the title but whose text was not read. The entry-into-force date could not be confirmed from a source, so date_in_force is left empty (the timeline shows the act as adopted from its adoption year).
§1Summary
- Synopsis
Luxembourg's first data protection statute, regulating the use of nominal data in computerised processing. It was considered outdated by the late 1990s and was replaced by the Law of 2 August 2002, which transposed Directive 95/46/EC and created the CNPD.
- Key themes
- Unique features
Predated the CNPD, which was created in 2002.
- SaaS relevance
Historical only; replaced by the Law of 2 August 2002.
§2Obligations
- Breach notification
- None
- DPO
- No
§3Dates
- Key dates
- Adopted
- Ended
- Law of 31 March 1979 (voted that day; Luxembourg was the eighth country in the world with such a law, per the CNPD); replaced by the Law of 2 August 2002, in force 1 December 2002
§4Text and authority
- Text
- Authoritative text legilux.public.lu
§5Where it applies
- Domestic law of
- Luxembourg
§6Sources and verification
- Sources consulted
- Verification
Low confidence.
Partly verified
Low confidence.date_in_force is the year of the law (the CNPD brochure says it was voted on 31 March 1979); no commencement clause was read. Repeal date follows the CNPD's statement that the 2002 law entered into force on 1 December 2002; the Cambridge CIPIL page gives 2 August 2002 instead. text_url is the Legilux ELI link, which resolved to the title but whose text was not read. The entry-into-force date could not be confirmed from a source, so date_in_force is left empty (the timeline shows the act as adopted from its adoption year).