Before you read

This site is NOT legal advice, and using it creates no lawyer and client relationship. It is a set of findings, checked against published sources and dated, that may help software developers and other individuals. For a decision that matters, ask a qualified lawyer in the country concerned.

Privacy law around the world, in plain language

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My rightsWhat you can ask of anyone who holds your data, and how.By countryThe law where you live or work, and how places compare.By topicConsent, breaches, children, transfers, fines and more.For developersWhat these laws ask of the software you build.

Most people live under at least one data protection law, and most software reaches people under several. This site sets out what those laws say, in words anyone can read, and links each point to the source it comes from so you can check it.

What is here today

This is an early version. It covers 16 laws and treaties today across Europe, the Americas and Asia-Pacific; other countries are being added one at a time, each researched from its own official sources. Every country page shows the date its sources were last checked. How this site is made explains the method and what is still missing.