Portugal. Comprehensive data protection. Act
Lei 67/98Lei 67/98 on the Protection of Personal Data (Lei da Protecção de Dados Pessoais)
Repealed/superseded
Partly verified
Medium confidence.Entry into force 27 October 1998 per WIPO Lex (search-result summary; the page itself was not opened). One law-firm note gave 26 June; official sources give 26 October. Repeal date uses the 9 August 2019 entry into force recorded in the existing pt-lei-58-2019 row.
§1Summary
- Synopsis
Portugal's transposition of Directive 95/46/EC. It replaced Lei 10/91 and shortened the supervisory body's name to the Comissão Nacional de Protecção de Dados. It was revoked by Lei 58/2019, the national GDPR implementing law.
- Key themes
- Unique features
Second-generation Portuguese data protection law.
- SaaS relevance
Historical only; replaced by the GDPR and Lei 58/2019 (see pt-lei-58-2019).
§2Obligations
- Breach notification
- None
- DPO
- No
§3Dates
- Key dates
- Adopted
- In force
- Ended
- Law of 26 October 1998 (published in the Diario da Republica, I Serie-A, 26 October 1998); in force 27 October 1998; amended by Declaracao de Rectificacao 22/98 and Lei 103/2015; repealed by Lei 58/2019, in force 9 August 2019
§4Text and authority
- Text
- Authoritative text ihmt.unl.pt
- Authority
- Comissão Nacional de Protecção de Dados (CNPD)
§5Where it applies
- Domestic law of
- Portugal
§6Sources and verification
- Sources consulted
- Verification
Medium confidence.
Partly verified
Medium confidence.Entry into force 27 October 1998 per WIPO Lex (search-result summary; the page itself was not opened). One law-firm note gave 26 June; official sources give 26 October. Repeal date uses the 9 August 2019 entry into force recorded in the existing pt-lei-58-2019 row.