- GDPR
Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation) - ePrivacy
Directive Directive 2002/58/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 July 2002 concerning the processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the electronic communications sector (Directive on Privacy and Electronic Communications) - Directive on the Processing of Personal Data by Competent Authorities
Directive (EU) 2016/680 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data by competent authorities for the purposes of the prevention, investigation, detection or prosecution of criminal offences or the execution of criminal penalties, and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Council Framework Decision 2008/977/JHA - Passenger Name Record Directive
Directive (EU) 2016/681 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the use of passenger name record (PNR) data for the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of terrorist offences and serious crime
Data Protection Laws
Return to GDPR pageCurrent European Union Data Protection Legislation
Current Local Data Protection Legislation
- Data Protection Act (Cap. 586 of the Laws of Malta)
- Processing of Personal Data (Electronic Communications Sector) Regulations (S.L. 586.01)
- Notification and Fees (Data Protection Act) Regulations (S.L. 586.02)
- Third Country (Data Protection Act) Regulations (S.L. 586.03)
- Processing of Personal Data (Protection of Minors) Regulations (S.L. 586.04)
- Transfer of Personal Data to Third Countries Order (S.L. 586.05)
- Processing of Personal Data for the purposes of the General Elections Act and the Local Councils Act Regulations (S.L. 586.06)
- Processing of Personal Data (Education Sector) Regulations (S.L. 586.07)
- Data Protection (Processing of Personal Data by Competent Authorities for the Purposes of the Prevention, Investigation, Detection or Prosecution of Criminal Offences or the Execution of Criminal Penalties) Regulations (S.L. 586.08)
- Restriction of the Data Protection (Obligations and Rights) Regulations (S.L. 586.09)
- Processing of Data concerning Health for Insurance Purposes Regulations (S.L. 586.10)
- Processing of Child’s Personal Data in relation to the Offer of Information Society Services Regulations (S.L. 586.11)
Proposed European Union Data Protection Legislation
ePrivacy Regulation (European Parliament proposal) *
Published on 4th May 2018
Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the respect for private life and the protection of personal data in electronic communications and repealing Directive 2002/58/EC (Regulation on Privacy and Electronic Communications)
*Although these draft texts have been published, they do not form part of the European Union Acquis Communautaire yet since they are still subject to amendments.
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