EU | FI | FR | DE | HU | IE | IT | ||
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| Law | Directive on Privacy and Electronic Communications | Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003 | The Act on the Protection of Privacy on Electronic Communications, Communications Market Act – The New Finnish Act of Protection of E-Privacy. | Law of June 21, 2004 for Confidence in the Digital Economy | Unfair Competition Act | Act CVIII of 2001 on Electronic Commerce | European Communities (Electronic Communications Networks and Services) (Data Protection and Privacy) Regulations 2003. | Directive on privacy and electronic Communications |
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| Date of Law | 31/10/2003 | 01/01/2003 | 16/05/2004 | 21/06/2004 | 03/03/2010 | 24/12/2001 | 06/11/2003 | 01/01/2004 |
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AT | BY | BE | BG | CZ | CY | DK | ||
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| Law | European Directive on Privacy in electronic communications (2002/58/EC) | Law of March 2003 | The Law of electronic commerce (2006) | Act No. 480/2004 Coll., on Certain Information Society Services | Regulation of Electronic Communications and Postal Services Law of 2004 | Danish Marketing Practices Act (Danish Only) and EU’s Contact Network of Spam Enforcement Authorities (CNSA) | None (loosely: Russian Civil Code: Art. 309) | |
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| Date of Law | 31/10/2003 | 11/03/2003 | 26/12/2006 | 01/01/2012 | 1/12004 | 01/01/2012 | ||
| Link | More Info | N/A | More Info | More Info | More Info | N/A | More Info | More Info |
NL | NO | ES | SE | CH | TR | |
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| Law | Dutch Telecomunications Act | Lov om kontroll med markedsføring og avtalevilkår mv. (markedsføringsloven) | Act 34/2002 of 11 July on Information Society Services and Electronic Commerce | Marknadsföringslagen (1995:450) "Swedish Marketing Act | Certified Senders Alliance (CSA) | Elektronik Ticaretin Düzenlenmesi Hakkında Kanun"Act About Regulation of E-Commerce" |
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| Date of Law | 27/08/2012 | 27/08/2012 | 11/07/2002 | 1/12004 | ||
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CN | IN | HK | ID | JP | KR | |
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| Law | Regulations On Internet Email Services | None (loosely; Information Technology Act, 2000 § 67) | Unsolicited Electronic Messages Ordinance (“UEMO”) | Undang-undang Informasi dan Transaksi Elektronic (ITE) (Internet Law) | Act on Regulation of the Transmission of Specified Electronic Mail | Act on Promotion of Information and Communication and Communications Network Utilization and Information Protection of 2001 |
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| Date of Law | 13/11/2007 | 25/03/2008 | 01/08/2001 | 01/07/2001 | ||
| Link | More Info | More Info | More Info | N/A | More Info | More Info |
EG | ZA | |
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| Law | Regulation of Spam in South Africa | |
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| Date of Law | 1/1/13 | |
| Link | N/A | N/A |
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| Law | Penal Code, the Publications Law, the Consumer Protection Law, the Pharmacists Order Regulation, and the Bar Association Regulation. | Privacy of Consumer Information Policy (Issued on 31 May 2005) | Law No. 13 of 2016 | 30A of the Communications Law (Telecom and Broadcasts), 5742-1982 | Prevention of Electronic Crimes Ordinance 2007 |
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| Date of Law | 1/1/05 | 5/31/05 | 11/1/16 | 1/13/09 | 12/31/07 |
| Link | More Info | N/A | More Info | More Info | More Info |