ACT OF 6 JULY 2000, BULLETIN OF ACTS, ORDERS AND DECREES 302, CONTAINING RULES REGARDING THE PROTECTION OF PERSONAL DATA (DUTCH DATA PROTECTION ACT), as amended by Acts dated 5 April 2001, Bulletin of Acts, Orders and Decrees 180, 6 December 2001 

We Beatrix, by the grace of God, Queen of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau, etc., etc., etc.
To all who read or hear this, We greet you and declare the following:
Whereas We took into consideration that it is necessary to implement Directive no. 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union dated 23 November 1995 relating to the protection of natural persons in connection with the processing of personal data and relating to the free movement of these data (PbEG L 281);
In view of Section 10(2) and (3) of the Constitution;
We, having heard the Council of State, and in joint consultation with the States General, have approved and understood, as We approve and understand the following:
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Contents

  • Chapter 1.
    General provisions (Articles 1 to 5)
  • Chapter 2.
    Conditions for the lawfulness of the processing of personal data (Articles 6 to 24)
  • Chapter 3.
    Codes of conduct (Articles 25 and 26)
  • Chapter 4.
    Notification obligation and prior checking (Articles 27 to 32)
  • Chapter 5.
    Providing information to the data subject (Articles 33 and 34) '
  • Chapter 6.
    Rights of the data subject (Articles 35 to 42)
  • Chapter 7.
    Exceptions and restrictions (Articles 43 and 44)
  • Chapter 8.
    Legal protection (Articles 45 to 50)
  • Chapter 9.
    Supervision (Articles 51 to 64)
  • Chapter 10.
    Sanctions (Articles 65 to 75)
  • Chapter 11.
    Transfer of data to countries outside the European Union (Articles 76 to 78)
  • Chapter 12.
    Transitional and final provisions (Articles 79 to 83)

It is hereby ordered that this act will be published in the Bulletin of Acts, Orders and Decrees, and that all ministries, authorities, bodies and officials shall ensure that this act is accurately implemented.

Issued in The Hague, 6 July 2000

Beatrix
The Minister of Justice,
A.H. Korthals
The Minister for Urban Policy and Integration of Ethnic Minorities,
R.H.L.M. van Boxtel

Issued on the twentieth of July 2000
The Minister of Justice,
A.H. Korthals