Latvia. Comprehensive data protection. Act

PDPL 2000Personal Data Protection Law of 23 March 2000 (Fizisko personu datu aizsardzības likums)

Repealed/superseded

§1Summary

Synopsis

Latvia's general data protection law for eighteen years. It provided for personal data protection specialists and a register of them, and it was amended several times. The Personal Data Processing Law replaced it on 5 July 2018.

Key themes

personal data protection specialists
automated individual decisions

SaaS relevance

Historical only; replaced by the Personal Data Processing Law (lv-pdpl).

§2Dates

Key dates

Adopted 23 March 2000
In force 20 April 2000
Ended 5 July 2018
Adopted 2000-03-23; in force 2000-04-20; amended 2002-10-24, 2007-03-01, 2008-02-21, 2010-05-06, 2012-06-21 and 2014-02-06; lost force 2018-07-05

§3Text and authority

Text

Authoritative text likumi.lv
English text likumi.lv

Authority

Datu valsts inspekcija (Data State Inspectorate, DVI)

§4Where it applies

Domestic law of: Latvia

§5Sources and verification

Sources consulted

Verification

High confidence.

Dates are from the metadata and amendment list on likumi.lv, which marks the law 'Zaudējis spēku' (lost force). The existing row lv-pdpl is the 2018 law.