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<h2 id="the-data-minimization-principle-in-regulatory-texts-worldwide-selection">The data minimization principle in regulatory texts worldwide (selection)</h2> <ul><li>The data minimization principle is the second of the six fundamental privacy principles set forth in the <a href="/facts/General_Data_Protection_Regulation/RMLY6ohr">General Data Protection Regulation</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a> and the <a href="/facts/General_Data_Protection_Regulation/RMLY6ohr">UK GDPR</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a></li> <li>The <a href="/facts/OECD/CI9W2zGv">OECD</a> Privacy Guidelines<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> refer to the data minimization principle as the <i>Collection Limitation Principle</i> (part two, article 7).</li> <li>The <a href="/facts/American_Data_Privacy_and_Protection_Act/AuNb3hyM">American Data Privacy and Protection Act</a> (ADPPA), a United States proposed federal online privacy bill that was not enacted included data minimisation as a main principle.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a></li> <li>The <a href="/facts/APEC/Y9uLYe1C">APEC</a> Privacy Framework includes the data minimization principle, referred to as the <i>Collection Limitation</i> principle, as principle III.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a></li> <li>The <a href="/facts/American_Privacy_Rights_Act/NK42sujt">American Privacy Rights Act</a> (APRA), a comprehensive data privacy law proposed in April 2024 in the United States, includes a section on data minimisation.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a></li> <li>The Canadian <a href="/facts/Personal_Information_Protection_and_Electronic_Documents_Act/aTHaJmqK">Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act</a> (PIPEDA) includes the principle as <i>Principle 4 - Limiting Collection</i>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation) <a href="https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0679" target="_blank">https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32016R0679</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Principle (c): Data Minimisation". ico.org.uk. 19 May 2023. <a href="https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/uk-gdpr-guidance-and-resources/data-protection-principles/a-guide-to-the-data-protection-principles/the-principles/data-minimisation/" target="_blank">https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/uk-gdpr-guidance-and-resources/data-protection-principles/a-guide-to-the-data-protection-principles/the-principles/data-minimisation/</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"OECD Privacy Guidelines". <a href="https://legalinstruments.oecd.org/en/instruments/OECD-LEGAL-0188" target="_blank">https://legalinstruments.oecd.org/en/instruments/OECD-LEGAL-0188</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Dumiak, Matt (June 24, 2022). "Federal Privacy Bill: Breaking Down the ADPPA". JD Supra. Archived from the original on June 25, 2022. Retrieved July 30, 2022. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220625161839/https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/federal-privacy-bill-breaking-down-the-9181745/" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20220625161839/https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/federal-privacy-bill-breaking-down-the-9181745/</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"APEC Privacy Framework (2015)". <a href="https://www.apec.org/Publications/2017/08/APEC-Privacy-Framework-(2015)" target="_blank">https://www.apec.org/Publications/2017/08/APEC-Privacy-Framework-(2015)</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>"American Privacy Rights Act Section-by-Section Summary by the United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, & Transportation". <a href="https://www.commerce.senate.gov/services/files/E7D2864C-64C3-49D3-BC1E-6AB41DE863F5" target="_blank">https://www.commerce.senate.gov/services/files/E7D2864C-64C3-49D3-BC1E-6AB41DE863F5</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>"Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act". <a href="https://www.canlii.org/en/ca/laws/stat/sc-2000-c-5/159208/sc-2000-c-5.html" target="_blank">https://www.canlii.org/en/ca/laws/stat/sc-2000-c-5/159208/sc-2000-c-5.html</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>"PIPEDA fair information principles". <a href="https://www.priv.gc.ca/en/privacy-topics/privacy-laws-in-canada/the-personal-information-protection-and-electronic-documents-act-pipeda/p_principle/" target="_blank">https://www.priv.gc.ca/en/privacy-topics/privacy-laws-in-canada/the-personal-information-protection-and-electronic-documents-act-pipeda/p_principle/</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>