LibGuides: Privacy: Outside the U.S.

What is Privacy?

Privacy is "freedom from damaging publicity, public scrutiny, secret surveillance, or unauthorized disclosure of one’s personal data or information, as by a government, corporation, or individual." - Dictionary.com

Electronic Frontier Foundation - International Justice and Privacy Graphic

International Justice and Privacy graphic created by Hugh D'Andrade for the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0.

General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

2018 reform of EU data protection rules
The GDPR, effective May 2018, sets regulations for businesses and how they use personal data. While these regulations only apply to the European Union, many companies have changed their policies worldwide.
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
The official GDPR PDF, organized into chapters and articles.

Foreign Online Privacy Laws

Online Privacy Laws, Foreign Country Reports
"These reports describe the data protection laws of the European Union and of Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. They describe the legal framework for the collection, use, and transfer of data, and examine whether existing laws are adequate to deal with online privacy in an era of rapid technological development and globalization."

International Privacy Standards

International Privacy Standards
A list of international accords related to privacy that serve as the foundation for national laws, policy frameworks, and international agreements throughout the world compiled by the Electronic Frontier Foundation.