Czech Republic - National legislation on data protection adopted

Czech Republic

National legislation on data protection adopted in Czech Republic

Czech Republic has approved the law incorporating the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR); regulations. The new law will be effective from March 12, 2019. Some country specific provisions in the law are as below:

• A child of 15 years can agree to personal data processing e.g. when opening a social media account.
• For academic, artistic, journalistic and related purposes the data controllers can use the data with some immunity.

Full exemption has been afforded to public authorities from any penalties.

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