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Data Protection/Privacy Authorities and government regulatory bodies

Country	Authority
Åland	Datainspektionen
Albania	Information and Data Protection Commissioner
Algeria	Autorité Nationale de Protection des Données à Caractère Personnel
Andorra	The Andorran Data Protection Agency
Angola	Agência de Protecção de Dados - Data Protection Agency
Argentina	Direccion Nacional de Proteccion de Datos
Armenia	Personal Data Protection Agency
Australia	Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) New South Wales - Information and Privacy Commission NSW (IPC) Northern Territory - Office of the Information Commissioner Queensland - Office of the Information Commissioner Sosuth Australia - Privacy Committee of South Australia Victoria - Office of the Victorian Information Commissioner
Austria	Datenschutzbehörde - Austrian Data Protection Authority
Bahamas	The Government of The Bahamas, Office of the Data Protection Commissioner
Barbados	Data Protection Commission
Belgium	Data Protection Authority
Benin	Personal Data Protection Authority
Bermuda	Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Bermuda Privacy - Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA)
BES Islands	Commission Supervision Personal Data Protection BES
Bolivia	Agencia para el Desarrollo de la Sociedad de la Información en Bolivia (ADSIB) - Bolivia are planning a data protection law
Bosnia & Herzegovina	Personal Data Protection Agency
Brazil	National Data Protection Authority (ANPD)
Bulgaria	Commission for Personal Data Protection
Burkina Faso	Commission de l'Informatique et des Libertes
Canada	Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) Alberta - Office of the Information & Privacy Commissioner British Columbia - Office of the Information & Privacy Commissioner Manitoba - Ombudsman Manitoba New Brunswick - Office of the Ombud Newfoundland and Labrador - Office of the Information & Privacy Commissioner Northwest Territories - Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner Nova Scotia - Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner Nunavut - Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner Ontario - Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario Prince Edward Island - Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner Quebec - Commission d’Accès à l’Information de Québec Saskatchewan - Office of the Information & Privacy Commissioner Yukon - Yukon Ombudsman and Information and Privacy Commissioner
Cape Verde	Comissão Nacional de Protecção de Dados
Cayman Islands	Information Commissioner’s Office in the Cayman Islands
Chile	Consejo para la Transparencia
Colombia	Superintendency of Industry and Commerce (SIC)
Costa Rica	Registro Nacional Residents' Data Protection Agency (Prodhab)
Côte d'Ivoire	Telecommunications/ICT Regulatory Authority
Croatia	Personal Data Protection Agency
Cyprus	The Office of the Personal Data Protection Commissioner
Czech Republic	Office for Personal Data Protection
Denmark	Datatilsynet
Dubai	International Financial Centre
Estonia	Data Protection Authority
Eswatini	Eswatini Communications Commission
Faroe Islands	Data Protection Authority
Finland	Office of the Data Protection Commissioner
France	National Commission for Freedom of Information (CNIL)
Georgia	Personal Data Protection Service
Germany	Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (BfDI) Baden-Wuerttenberg - State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information Baden-Württemberg (LfDI) Bavaria (Private sector) - Bavarian State Office for Data Protection Supervision (BayLDA) Bavaria (Public sector) - Bavarian Data Protection Commissioner (Bavarian DPC) Berlin - Berlin Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information Brandenburg - The State Commissioner for Data Protection and the Right to Inspect Brandenburg Bremen - The State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information Hamburg - Hamburg Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (HmbBfDI) Hesse - Der Hessische Beauftragte für Datenschutz und Informationsfreiheit Lower Saxony - The State Commissioner for Data Protection Lower Saxony Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania - The State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information Mecklenburg-Vorpommern North Rhine-Westphalia - Landesbeauftragte für Datenschutz und Informationsfreiheit Rhineland-Palatinate - Landesbeauftragte für den Datenschutz und die Informationsfreiheit Saarland - State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information Saxony - Saxon Data Protection Officer Saxony-Anhalt - State representative for data protection Saxony-Anhalt Schleswig-Holstein - Unabhängiges Lande center for Date Protection (ULD) Thuringia - Thüringer Landesbeauftragten für den Datenschutz und die Informationsfreiheit
Ghana	Data Protection Commission
Gibraltar	Gibraltar Regulatory Authority
Greece	Data Protection Authority
Guatemala	Consumer Protection Office - Guatemala are planning a data protection law
Guernsey	Office of the Data Protection Authority
Honduras	Instituto de Acceso a la Informacion Publica (IAIP) - Honduras are planning a data protection law
Hong Kong	Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data (PCPD)
Hungary	National Authority for Data Protection and Freedom of Information
Iceland	Data Protection Authority
Ireland	Data Protection Commission
Isle of Man	Isle of Man Information Commissioner
Israel	The Privacy Protection Authority
Italy	Garante per la Protezione dei Dati Personali (Garante)
Jamaica	Office of the Information Commissioner
Japan	Personal Information Protection Commission (PPC)
Jersey	Jersey Office of the Information Commissioner (JOIC)
Kenya	Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (ODPC)
Korea, South	Korea Internet & Security Agency (KISA) Korea Personal Information Protection Commission
Kosovo	Information and Privacy Agency
Kyrgyz Republic	Personal Data Protection Agency under the Cabinet of Ministers of the Kyrgyz Republic
Latvia	Data State Inspectorate of Latvia
Liechtenstein	Stabsstelle für Datenschutz
Lithuania	State Data Protection Inspectorate
Luxembourg	National Commission for Data Protection (CNPD)
Macau	Personal Data Protection Bureau
Malaysia	Department of Personal Data Protection
Mali	Personal Data Protection Authority
Malta	Office of the Information and Data Protection Commissioner
Mauritius	Data Protection Office
Mexico	National Institute of Transparency, Access to Information and Protection of Personal Data (INAI)
Moldova	National Center for Personal Data Protection
Monaco	Data Protection Commission
Morocco	La Commission Nationale de contrôle de la protection des Données à Caractère Personnel (CNDP)
Nepal	National Information Commission
Netherlands	Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens
New Zealand	Office of the Privacy Commissioner (OPC)
Nicaragua	Instituto Nacional de Información de Desarrollo (INIDE)
Niger	Haute Autorité de Protection des Données à caractère Personnel
Nigeria	Nigeria Data Protection Commission
North Macedonia	Agency for Personal Data Protection
Norway	Datatilsynet
Panama	Tribunal Electoral - Panama are planning a data protection law
Paraguay	Public Ministry
Peru	National Authority for the Protection of Personal Data
Philippines	The National Privacy Commission (NPC)
Poland	Personal Data Protection Office
Portugal	Comissao Nacional de Proteccao de Dados
Qatar	National Cyber Security Agency Website accessible in Qatar only Internationally accessible website Qatar Financial Centre Authority
Romania	National Authority for the Supervision of Personal Data Processing
Russia	Data Protection Authority (Roskomnadzor)
Rwanda	Data Protection Office
San Marino	San Marino Data Protection Authority
Saudi Arabia	Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority
Serbia	Commissioner for Information of Public Importance and Personal Data Protection
Senegal	The Commission for Personal Data Protection (CDP)
Singapore	Personal Data Protection Commissiom (PDPC)
Slovakia	Office for the Protection of Personal Data of the Slovak Republic
Slovenia	Information Commissioner
South Africa	Information Regulator
Spain	Agencia de Proteccion de Datos Basque - Agencia Vasca de Protecccion de Datos Catalonia - Autoritat Catalana de Protecció de Dades
Sweden	Swedish Authority for Privacy Protection
Switzerland	Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner Basel-City Canton - Data Protection Agency Basel-Country - Data Protection Authority Berne Canton - Data Protection Agency Berne City - Data Protection Inspectorate Fribourg - Data Protection Authority Lucerne - Data Protection Authority Neuchatel - Le Préposé à la Protection des Données et à la Transparence Jura Neuchâtel (PPDT) Solothurn - Data Protection Commissioner St. Gallen - Data Protection Commissioner Ticino - Independent cantonal data protection Valais - Data Protection Commissioner Zug - Data Protection Commissioner Zurich Canton - Data Protection Commissioner Zurich City - Data Protection Office
Thailand	Office of the Information Commission
Tunisia	Instance Nationale De Protection Des Donnees Personnelles (INPDP) The National Authority for the Protection of Personal Data
Turkey	Personal Data Protection Authority (KVKK)
Uganda	Personal Data Protection Office
Ukraine	The Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights
United Kingdom	UK - Information Commissioner's Office Scotland - Scottish Information Commissioner
Uruguay	Regulatory and Control of Personal Data (URCDP)
USA	Federal Trade Commission

Europe

Central and Eastern Europe Data Protection Authorities

Council of Europe

Council of Europe - Data Protection Commissioner

Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU)

European Data Protection Board (EDPB)

European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS)

European Union

Justice - Responsible for overseeing the implementation of the Data Protection Directive by Member States

Other Official Bodies

Department of Homeland Security - USA

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) - The purpose of the OECD is to develop solutions to common economic and social problems. It has written extensively about privacy issues

EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework

Privacy Associations & Advocates

Country	Association / Advocate
International	Global Privacy Association - formerly: International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) - Online guide to Privacy resources International Association for Human Resource (IHRIM) - Information Management Resource for privacy issues Privacy International - International privacy advocacy and campaigning
Argentina	Gustavo Tanus - Proteccion de Datos Personales - Information and legal advice on data protection in Argentina
Australia	Australian Privacy Foundation - Since 1987 the only privacy-specific NGO/advocacy group in Australia
Austria	Arge Daten Privacy Service - Austrian Privacy advocates
Ireland	The Association of Data Protection Officers
Italy	Associazione Data Protection Officer (ASSO DPO) Italian Privacy - Privacy issues in Italy (Only for those who can read Italian)
Netherlands	Nederlands Genootschap van Functionarissen voor de Gegevensbescherming (NGFG)
Poland	Stowarzyszenie Administratorów Bezpieczeństwa Informacji (SABI)
Spain	Asociación Profesional Española de Privacidad (APEP)
USA	American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) - Focuses on the threats to individual privacy caused by the the collection and widespread distribution of personal data

Data Security

Compliance & Privacy - Portal for specialist security news