Reference
Privacy laws
Canonical references for the major privacy regulations affecting websites and analytics stacks. Each page lists scope, requirements, regulators, and jurisdictions.
NATIONAL · 2003-05-30
APPI
Act on the Protection of Personal Information (法律第57号 1988, last amended 2022)
US STATE · 2020-01-01
CCPA/CPRA
California Consumer Privacy Act (2018) as amended by California Privacy Rights Act (2020)
NATIONAL · 2023-08-11
DPDPA
Digital Personal Data Protection Act 2023
EU DIRECTIVE · 2002-07-31
ePrivacy
ePrivacy Directive 2002/58/EC (as amended)
EU REGULATION · 2018-05-25
GDPR
General Data Protection Regulation (EU 2016/679)
NATIONAL · 2022-09-22
Law 25
An Act to modernize legislative provisions as regards the protection of personal information (Quebec)
NATIONAL · 2020-09-18
LGPD
Brazilian General Data Protection Law (Lei 13.709/2018)
NATIONAL · 2023-09-01
nFADP
Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection (revised, 2023)
NATIONAL · 2014-07-02
PDPA SG
Personal Data Protection Act 2012 (No. 26 of 2012)
NATIONAL · 2003-12-11
PECR
Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003
NATIONAL · 2011-09-30
PIPA KR
Personal Information Protection Act (개인정보 보호법, 2011, last amended 2023)
NATIONAL · 2001-01-01
PIPEDA
PIPEDA (S.C. 2000, c. 5) — Canada
NATIONAL · 1988-12-21
Privacy Act AU
Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) + Australian Privacy Principles (APPs)
US STATE · 2024-07-01
TDPSA
Texas Data Privacy and Security Act (Tex. Bus. & Com. Code Ch. 541)
NATIONAL · 2021-01-01
UK GDPR
UK General Data Protection Regulation + Data Protection Act 2018
US STATE · 2023-01-01
VCDPA
Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (Va. Code §59.1-575 et seq.)