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Data/Information and Privacy Commissioners

Below is a list of links to the sites of Information and Privacy Commissioners and Data Commissioners around the world. These individuals generally serve as the official overseers of information and privacy laws in their respective countries.

 

Australia

Australian Privacy Commissioner

Privacy Commissioner of New South Wales


Austria

Austrian Data Protection Bureau


Belgium

Commission for Data Protection and Privacy


Canada

Privacy Commissioner of Canada

Information Commissioner of Canada

Alberta Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy

Information & Privacy Commissioner of British Columbia

Information & Privacy Commissioner of Ontario


Council of Europe

Council of Europe's Data Protection Department


Denmark

Registry for Data Protection


European Union

EEC Data Protection Department


Finland

Office of the Data Protection Ombudsman (English)

Office of the Data Protection Ombudsman (Finnish)


France

Commission for privacy/data protection


Germany

German Bureau for Data protection

Berlin Data Protection Commissioner [DE/EN]

Der Bayerische Landesbeauftragte für den Datenschutz [DE]

Brandenberg Data Protection Commissioner [DE]

Hamburg Data Protection Commissioner

Der Hessische Datenschutzbeauftragte [DE]

Rheinland-Pfalz Der Landesbauftragte für den Datenschutz [DE]

Landesbeauftragter für den Datenschutz Schleswig-Holstein [DE]

Landesbeauftragter für den Datenschutz des Saarlandes [DE]

Landesbeauftragter für den Datenschutz Thüringen [DE]


Hong Kong

Hong Kong's Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data

Access to Government Information


Hungary

Parliamentary Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information


Iceland

Data Protection Commission.

Ireland

Data Protection Commissioner


Netherlands

The Dutch Registration Chamber

De Registratiekamer (in Dutch )


New Zealand

New Zealand Privacy Commissioner


Norway

Data Inspectorate (in Norwegian)

The Data Inspectorate and the Protection of Privacy in Norway (English)


Portugal

Portuguese Commission for Data Protection


Slovak Republic

Data Protection Office



Spain

Data Protection Agency (in Spanish)


Sweden

Swedish authority for Privacy and Data Protection


Switzerland

Swiss Federal Data Protection Commissioner


United Kingdom

Office of the Data Protection Registrar, United Kingdom

Isle of Man Data Protection Registrar

Guernsey's Data Protection Office

Jersey's Data Protection agency