חוק הגנת הפרטיות (תיקון מס' 13), התשפ"ד-2024Law for the Protection of Privacy (Amendment No. 13), 2024 · automatic translation · suggest a correction

Official summary of the law (Knesset)

The Law constitutes a comprehensive amendment to the Protection of Privacy Law, including an update of the basic terms and definitions of the law and a narrowing of the registration duty so that it applies only to public bodies and information traders that own a database containing information on 10,000 people or more. It is further determined that restrictions must be set and updated on the processing of information in a database, including a prohibition on processing personal information for a purpose other than that for which it was provided, a prohibition on processing information without authorization or in deviation from the authorization of the party controlling the database, and a prohibition on processing information that was created, received, accumulated or collected in violation of the provisions of the law or any other law governing information processing. An obligation was also established to appoint a privacy protection officer in bodies subject to the registration duty and in bodies that process personal information on a significant scale. In addition, the Law strengthens the Privacy Protection Authority and grants it explicit and updated powers of oversight, administrative inquiry, administrative enforcement and criminal investigation, subject to the restrictions and conditions specified in the law. It is further determined that the Authority will have the power to request from the Administrative Affairs Court an order to stop the processing of personal information and to delete it. The Law replaces strict liability offenses by granting the Authority the power to impose financial sanctions or, in offenses involving criminal intent, as the case may be. Finally, it is determined that persons whose rights under the law were violated will have the right to sue for monetary compensation without proof of damage, and the two-year statute of limitations in civil claims will be abolished. It is further determined that this Law will come into force one year from the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.

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