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