Legislation

Until 28 November 2024, the protection of personal data was guaranteed in the Principality by Law no. 1.165 of December 23, 1993 related to the Protection of Personal Information.

Over time, this legislation has evolved to take account of the fast-growing development of technologies, combined with the globalization of flows, as well as of the legal instruments adopted at European level, respectively by the Council of Europe and the European Union.

However, following the signature of the Convention 108+ of the Council of Europe and the adoption by the European Union in 2016 of the “European data protection package”, namely, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the "Law Enforcement Directive”, it has become crucial for the Principality to modernize its data protection legal framework; this has now been done with the adoption of Law no. 1.565 of December 3, 2024 on the Protection of Personal Data.