DPA Directory

Global Privacy Law Jurisdictions — Data Protection Authorities & Legislation

240Jurisdictions
157Data Protection Authorities
185Privacy Laws
7Regions
Europe (52) Americas (41) Asia-Pacific (38) Africa (50) Middle East (11) Central Asia (5) Other (43) Has DPA No DPA Has Legislation GDPR Member DPA Pending 240 of 240 jurisdictions

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AfghanistanAsia-Pacific

No DPANo Legislation

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Åland IslandsEurope

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American SamoaOther

No DPANo Legislation

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AnguillaAmericas

No DPANo Legislation

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Antigua and BarbudaAmericas

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ArgentinaAmericas

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ArmeniaEurope

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ArubaAmericas

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AzerbaijanEurope

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BahamasAmericas

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BangladeshAsia-Pacific

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BarbadosAmericas

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BelarusEurope

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BelizeAmericas

No DPALegislation

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BhutanAsia-Pacific

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Bolivia (Plurinational State of)Other

No DPANo Legislation

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Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and SabaOther

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Bosnia and HerzegovinaEurope

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BotswanaAfrica

No DPALegislationDPA Pending

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British Virgin IslandsAmericas

No DPALegislationDPA Pending

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BurundiAfrica

No DPANo Legislation

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CambodiaAsia-Pacific

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CameroonAfrica

No DPALegislation

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Cayman IslandsAmericas

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Central African RepublicAfrica

No DPANo Legislation

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ChileAmericas

No DPALegislation

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ChinaAsia-Pacific

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ColombiaAmericas

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ComorosAfrica

No DPANo Legislation

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Cook IslandsAsia-Pacific

No DPALegislation

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CubaAmericas

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CuraçaoAmericas

No DPALegislation

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Democratic People's Republic of KoreaOther

No DPANo Legislation

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Democratic Republic of the CongoAfrica

No DPALegislation

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Diego GarciaOther

No DPANo Legislation

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DjiboutiAfrica

No DPANo Legislation

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DominicaAmericas

No DPANo Legislation

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EgyptAfrica

No DPALegislationDPA Pending

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El SalvadorAmericas

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Equatorial GuineaAfrica

No DPANo LegislationDPA Pending

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EritreaAfrica

No DPANo Legislation

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Eswatini (Swaziland)Other

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EthiopiaAfrica

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European UnionEurope

No DPALegislationGDPR Member

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Faroe IslandsEurope

DPALegislation

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FijiAsia-Pacific

No DPANo Legislation

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FinlandEurope

DPALegislationGDPR Member

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Gambia (Republic of The)Other

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GhanaAfrica

DPALegislation

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GibraltarEurope

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GreenlandOther

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GrenadaAmericas

No DPALegislation

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GuamOther

No DPANo Legislation

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GuatemalaAmericas

No DPANo Legislation

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Guinea-BissauAfrica

No DPANo Legislation

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GuyanaAmericas

No DPALegislation

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HaitiAmericas

No DPANo Legislation

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Heard Island and McDonald IslandsOther

No DPANo Legislation

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HondurasAmericas

No DPANo LegislationLink Unavailable

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IcelandEurope

DPALegislationGDPR Member

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Iran (Islamic Republic of)Other

No DPANo Legislation

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IraqMiddle East

No DPANo Legislation

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IrelandEurope

DPALegislationGDPR Member

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Isle of ManEurope

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IsraelMiddle East

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JamaicaAmericas

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JordanMiddle East

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KiribatiAsia-Pacific

No DPALegislation

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Lao People’s Democratic RepublicOther

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LebanonMiddle East

No DPALegislation

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LesothoAfrica

No DPALegislationDPA Pending

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LiberiaAfrica

No DPANo Legislation

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LiechtensteinEurope

DPALegislation

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LithuaniaEurope

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MacauAsia-Pacific

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MadagascarAfrica

No DPALegislationLink Unavailable

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MalawiAfrica

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MalaysiaAsia-Pacific

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MaldivesAsia-Pacific

No DPANo Legislation

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MaltaEurope

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Marshall IslandsAsia-Pacific

No DPANo Legislation

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MauritaniaAfrica

DPALegislation

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MauritiusAfrica

DPALegislation

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Micronesia (Federated States of)Other

No DPANo Legislation

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MongoliaAsia-Pacific

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MontenegroEurope

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MontserratAmericas

No DPANo Legislation

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MoroccoAfrica

DPALegislation

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MozambiqueAfrica

No DPANo Legislation

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MyanmarAsia-Pacific

No DPANo Legislation

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NamibiaAfrica

No DPALegislation

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NauruAsia-Pacific

No DPANo Legislation

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NepalAsia-Pacific

No DPALegislation

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Netherlands (Kingdom of the)Other

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New ZealandAsia-Pacific

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NicaraguaAmericas

No DPALegislationDPA Pending

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NigeriaAfrica

DPALegislation

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NiueAsia-Pacific

No DPANo Legislation

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North MacedoniaEurope

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Northern Mariana IslandsOther

No DPANo Legislation

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NorwayEurope

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PakistanAsia-Pacific

No DPANo Legislation

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PalauAsia-Pacific

No DPANo Legislation

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Palestinian TerritoriesOther

No DPANo Legislation

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Papua New GuineaAsia-Pacific

No DPANo Legislation

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ParaguayAmericas

No DPALegislation

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PhilippinesAsia-Pacific

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PortugalEurope

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Puerto RicoOther

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Republic of KoreaOther

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Republic of the CongoAfrica

No DPALegislationDPA Pending

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Russian FederationOther

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RwandaAfrica

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Saint Kitts and NevisAmericas

No DPALegislationDPA Pending

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Saint LuciaAmericas

No DPALegislationLink Unavailable

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Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesAmericas

No DPANo Legislation

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SamoaAsia-Pacific

No DPANo Legislation

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São Tomé and PríncipeAfrica

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Saudi ArabiaMiddle East

DPALegislation

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SenegalAfrica

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SeychellesAfrica

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Sierra LeoneAfrica

No DPANo Legislation

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SingaporeAsia-Pacific

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Sint MaartenAmericas

No DPALegislationLink Unavailable

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SloveniaEurope

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Solomon IslandsAsia-Pacific

No DPANo Legislation

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SomaliaAfrica

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South AfricaAfrica

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South Georgia and the South Sandwich IslandsOther

No DPANo Legislation

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South SudanAfrica

No DPANo Legislation

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Sri LankaAsia-Pacific

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SudanAfrica

No DPANo Legislation

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SurinameAmericas

No DPANo Legislation

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Svalbard and Jan MayenOther

No DPANo Legislation

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SwedenEurope

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Syrian Arab RepublicOther

No DPANo Legislation

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TaiwanAsia-Pacific

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ThailandAsia-Pacific

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Timor-LesteAsia-Pacific

No DPANo Legislation

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TogoAfrica

No DPALegislationLink Unavailable

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TongaAsia-Pacific

No DPANo Legislation

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Trinidad and TobagoAmericas

No DPALegislationDPA Pending

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TürkiyeOther

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Turks and Caicos IslandsAmericas

No DPANo Legislation

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UgandaAfrica

DPALegislation

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UkraineEurope

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United Arab EmiratesMiddle East

No DPALegislationDPA Pending

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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandOther

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United Republic of TanzaniaOther

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United States of AmericaOther

DPALegislationSectoral Only

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US Virgin IslandsOther

No DPANo Legislation

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UzbekistanCentral Asia

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VanuatuAsia-Pacific

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Vatican CityEurope

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Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic ofOther

No DPANo Legislation

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VietnamAsia-Pacific

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Western SaharaOther

No DPANo Legislation

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YemenMiddle East

No DPANo Legislation

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ZambiaAfrica

DPALegislation

This page provides a searchable directory of 179 Data Protection Authorities and 188 privacy laws across 240 jurisdictions worldwide. For each jurisdiction the directory includes DPA name, regulatory scope, enforcement history, key decisions, and links to official resources. The directory covers EU member states under GDPR, US federal and state agencies including FTC, California CPPA, and HHS, Asia-Pacific regulators, and emerging market data protection bodies. Each entry links to relevant enforcement decisions and pain points documented in the anonym.community research corpus. Entries are filterable by region, regulatory framework type, and enforcement activity level.

This page provides a searchable directory of 179 Data Protection Authorities and 188 privacy laws across 240 jurisdictions worldwide. For each jurisdiction the directory includes DPA name, regulatory scope, enforcement history, key decisions, and links to official resources. The directory covers EU member states under GDPR, US federal and state agencies including FTC, California CPPA, and HHS, Asia-Pacific regulators, and emerging market data protection bodies. Each entry links to relevant enforcement decisions and pain points documented in the anonym.community research corpus. Entries are filterable by region, regulatory framework type, and enforcement activity level.