Global Privacy Enforcement Network (GPEN)
The Personal Data Protection Office (previously the Inspector General for Personal Data Protection) has been the official member of the Global Privacy Enforcement Network - GPEN) since November 2010.
Having regard to the initiatives of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), the International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners, the EU Article 29 Working Party, and the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) stressing the need for international privacy enforcement cooperation, eleven privacy enforcement authorities established on 10 March 2010 the Global Privacy Enforcement Network (GPEN) to strengthen personal privacy protections in this global context.
It was already on 28 October 2010 that the Inspector General for Personal Data Protection participated in the subsequent GPEN meeting in Jerusalem, and in November 2010 it became the official member of the Network.
As set forth in the GPEN Action Plan, the mission of this Network includes inter alia exchanging information and experience on privacy enforcement at the international level and supporting dialogue with organisations in this regard, as well as creating contact point directory of authorities interested in international cooperation on cross-border investigations and enforcement matters.
Currently, the following authorities are GPEN members:
Albania: Information and Data Protection Commissioner
Argentina: National Directorate for Personal Data Protection
Armenia: Personal Data Protection Agency of Armenia
Australia:
- Office of the Australian Information Commissioner;
- Information and Privacy Commission New South Wales;
- Northern Territory Information Commissioner;
- Office of the Information Commissioner, Queensland;
- Office of the Commissioner for Privacy and Data Protection (CPDP), Victoria
Belgium:
- Data Protection Authority
- European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS)
Bulgaria: Commission for Personal Data Protection
Canada:
- Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada;
- Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner, Alberta;
- Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner for British Columbia;
- Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner for Nova Scotia;
- Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario;
- Office of the Saskatchewan Information and Privacy Commissioner
Cayman Islands: Cayman Islands Ombudsman
China:
- Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data, Hong Kong
- Office for Personal Data Protection, Macau SAR, China
Colombia: Superintendence of Industry and Commerce of Colombia
Czech Republic: Office for Personal Data Protection of the Czech Republic
Estonia: Estonian Data Protection Inspectorate
France: Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertés (CNIL)
Georgia: Personal Data Protection Service
Germany:
- Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information;
- Berlin Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information
- Rheineland Palatinate Data Protection Authority
Ghana: Data Protection Commission of Ghana
Gibraltar: Gibraltar Regulatory Authority
Guernsey: Office of the Data Protection Authority, Guernsey and the Channel Islands
Hungary: National Authority for Data Protection and Freedom of Information
Ireland: Data Protection Commission
Isle of Man: Office of the Information Commissioner
Israel: Data Protection Authority
Italy: Italian Data Protection Authority
Japan: Personal Information Protection Commission
Jersey: Office of the Information Commissioner
South Korea:
- Personal Information Protection Commission
- Ministry of Public Administration and Security
- Korea Internet Security Agency
Kosovo: National Agency for Personal Data Protection of Kosovo
Lithuania: The State Data Protection Inspectorate
Luxembourg: Commission nationale pour la protection des données
Macedonia: Personal Data Protection Directorate of the Republic of Macedonia
Malta: Office of the Information and Data Protection Commissioner
Mauritius: Data Protection Office of the Republic of Mauritius
Mexico: Federal Institute for Access to Information and Data Protection (IFAI)
Moldova: National Center for Personal Data Protection of the Republic of Moldova
Monaco: Commission de Contrôle des Informations Nominatives
Morocco: La Commission Nationale de contrôle de la protection des Données à caractère Personnel
Netherlands:
- Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets
- Dutch Data Protection Authority
New Zealand: Office of the Privacy Commissioner
Norway: Norwegian Data Protection Authority
Philippines: National Privacy Commission
Poland: Personal Data Protection Office
Singapore: Personal Data Protection Commission
Slovenia: Information Commissioner
Spain:
- Spanish Data Protection Agency
- Catalan Data Protection Authority, Catalonia
Switzerland: Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner
Turkey: Turkish Personal Data Protection Authority
Ukraine: Office of the Parliamentary Commissioner for Human Rights
United Arab Emirates: Abu Dhabi Global Market Registration Authority
United Kingdom: Information Commissioner’s Office
United States:
- Federal Communications Commission
- Federal Trade Commission
- Office of the Attorney General – State of California
For more information please visit: www.privacyenforcement.net