Norway. Comprehensive data protection. Act
Personal Data Registers Act 1978Act of 9 June 1978 No. 48 relating to Personal Data Filing Systems etc. (Personregisterloven)
Partly verified
Medium confidence.The title is the one given in section 52 of the 2000 Act's English text ('Personal Data Filing Systems, etc.'); other sources call it the Data Register Act or Personal Data Registers Act. In-force date rests on a Datatilsynet annual report for 1999 and Store norske leksikon (two commencement dates, 1980-01-01 and 1980-07-01). Repeal date follows from the 2000 Act's entry into force. The 1978 text itself was not read.
§1Summary
- Synopsis
Norway's first data protection statute. It regulated personal data registers and filing systems and provided for the state supervisory body, Datatilsynet, which was created under it. The Personal Data Act 2000 repealed it.
- SaaS relevance
Historical only; replaced by the Personal Data Act 2000 (no-personopplysningsloven-2000).
§2Dates
- Key dates
- Adopted
- In force
- Ended
- Adopted 1978-06-09; in force 1980-01-01 (Store norske leksikon also lists 1980-07-01 for part of it); repealed when the Personal Data Act 2000 entered into force on 2001-01-01
§3Text and authority
- Text
- No authoritative text located.
- Authority
- Datatilsynet (Norwegian Data Protection Authority)
§4Where it applies
- Domestic law of
- Norway
§5Sources and verification
- Sources consulted
- Verification
Medium confidence.
Partly verified
Medium confidence.The title is the one given in section 52 of the 2000 Act's English text ('Personal Data Filing Systems, etc.'); other sources call it the Data Register Act or Personal Data Registers Act. In-force date rests on a Datatilsynet annual report for 1999 and Store norske leksikon (two commencement dates, 1980-01-01 and 1980-07-01). Repeal date follows from the 2000 Act's entry into force. The 1978 text itself was not read.