#Privacy Laws ##Europe * [[http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=celex:31995L0046|Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 October 1995 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data]] \\ The Data Privacy Act of 2012 of the Philippines has been patterned after this EU law. ##North America * [[http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/administrative/statute/|Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996]] (HIPAA) ---- ###See Also * [[bibliography|Bibliography]]