The Data Registration Act (Wet Persoonsregistraties) was approved in 1989 and became the first act that was concerned with data protection. Dutch institutions or businesses needed the permission of their clients to make use of the clients’ personal data for other purposes. A renewed act, the Personal Data Protection Act (Wet Bescherming Persoonsgegevens Wbp), based on the European Data Protection Directive (95/46/EC), was developed in 2000 and came into force in 2001. This act emphasises the protection of personal data when technological developments affect information processes. The Data Protection Authority arranges supervision and compliance with both acts.
The General Data Protection Regulation was implemented by the European Union in May 2016 to protect personal data of European citizens in the digital age. European organisations were obliged to implement the new act by 2018. The Data Protection Authority has been appointed to supervise compliance with the act in the Netherlands.
The first data protection act in Saba, Sint Eustatius and Bonaire (Caribbean Netherlands) came into force in 2010, which is the Personal Data Protection Act (Wet Bescherming Persoonsgegevens Wbp BES). The act is based on the European Data Protection Directive (95/46/EC) and the Dutch Personal Data Protection Act.
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