Serbia. Comprehensive data protection. Act
ZZPL 2008Law on Personal Data Protection of 2008 (Zakon o zaštiti podataka o ličnosti)
Repealed/superseded
Partly verified
Medium confidence.Exact adoption date and Official Gazette number were not confirmed (the gazette number 97/2008 and 23 October 2008 date seen elsewhere were not verified). The 2009-01-01 date is from a search summary of the English translation on the Council of Europe site. The 2019-08-22 date is when the 2018 Law began to apply; none of the sources quoted an explicit repeal clause for the 2008 Law.
§1Summary
- Synopsis
Serbia's first comprehensive data protection law. The 2018 Law on Personal Data Protection replaced it; the new Law applied from 22 August 2019, nine months after adoption.
- SaaS relevance
Historical only; replaced by the Law on Personal Data Protection 2018 (rs-zzpl-2018).
§2Dates
- Key dates
- Adopted
- In force
- Ended
- Adopted late 2008; applied from 2009-01-01; replaced by the 2018 Law (Official Gazette 87/2018), which has applied since 2019-08-22
§3Text and authority
- Text
- No authoritative text located.
- Authority
- Commissioner for Information of Public Importance and Personal Data Protection (Poverenik)
§4Where it applies
- Domestic law of
- Serbia
§5Sources and verification
- Sources consulted
- Verification
Medium confidence.
Partly verified
Medium confidence.Exact adoption date and Official Gazette number were not confirmed (the gazette number 97/2008 and 23 October 2008 date seen elsewhere were not verified). The 2009-01-01 date is from a search summary of the English translation on the Council of Europe site. The 2019-08-22 date is when the 2018 Law began to apply; none of the sources quoted an explicit repeal clause for the 2008 Law.