Netherlands. Comprehensive data protection. Act
WprWet persoonsregistraties (Personal Data Registration Act 1988)
Partly verified
Medium confidence.The Staatsblad PDFs are scanned images and could not be text-read; dates come from a search-result summary of Stb. 1989, 153 and a 2001-era academic source on the Wbp. Supervisory body (the Registratiekamer) not confirmed, so authority is empty. Text link is the Staatsblad issue, not a consolidated text.
§1Summary
- Synopsis
The first general Dutch data protection statute, laying down rules to protect personal privacy in connection with personal data registrations. It was replaced by the Wet bescherming persoonsgegevens, which moved the focus from registrations to the processing of personal data.
- Key themes
- Unique features
Regulated 'persoonsregistraties' (registers) rather than processing in general.
- SaaS relevance
Historical only; replaced by the Wet bescherming persoonsgegevens (itself replaced by the GDPR and UAVG).
§2Obligations
- Breach notification
- None
- DPO
- No
§3Dates
- Key dates
- Adopted
- In force
- Ended
- Act of 28 December 1988 (Stb. 1988, 665); in force 1 July 1989 except certain provisions from 1 January 1990 (Royal Decree of 8 May 1989, Stb. 1989, 153); replaced by the Wbp on 1 September 2001
§4Text and authority
- Text
- Authoritative text zoek.officielebekendmakingen.nl
§5Where it applies
- Domestic law of
- Netherlands
§6Sources and verification
- Sources consulted
- Verification
Medium confidence.
Partly verified
Medium confidence.The Staatsblad PDFs are scanned images and could not be text-read; dates come from a search-result summary of Stb. 1989, 153 and a 2001-era academic source on the Wbp. Supervisory body (the Registratiekamer) not confirmed, so authority is empty. Text link is the Staatsblad issue, not a consolidated text.