Norwegian Data Inspectorate
Encyclopedia
The Norwegian Data Inspectorate is Norwegian
Government agency
responsible for managing the Personal Data Act of 2000, concerning privacy
concerns. This Act replaced the Data Register Act of 1978.
The authority is based in Oslo
, and is an independent administrative body under the Ministry of Government Administration and Reform
.
Helge Seip
served as its first director from 1980 to 1989, and Georg Apenes
served from 1989 to 2010. Ove Skåra served as acting director from April 2010.
On 28 May 2010, Bjørn Erik Thon
was appointed as new director.
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
Government agency
Norwegian government agencies
The Government agencies of Norway are state controlled organizations that act independently to carry out the policies of the Government of Norway. The Government Ministries are relatively small and merely policy-making organizations, allowed to control agencies by policy decisions but not by direct...
responsible for managing the Personal Data Act of 2000, concerning privacy
Privacy
Privacy is the ability of an individual or group to seclude themselves or information about themselves and thereby reveal themselves selectively...
concerns. This Act replaced the Data Register Act of 1978.
The authority is based in Oslo
Oslo
Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...
, and is an independent administrative body under the Ministry of Government Administration and Reform
Norwegian Ministry of Government Administration and Reform
The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Government Administration and Reform is a Norwegian ministry established in 2006. The ministry is responsible for reform work, information technology, competition policy in addition to having the main responsibility for government employees and government organisation...
.
Helge Seip
Helge Seip
Helge Seip was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party and later the Liberal People's Party.He was born in Surnadal. At a young age he became involved in the Young Liberals, the youth wing of the Liberal Party. In the local chapter of Oslo he was a member of the board from 1937 to 1939, and...
served as its first director from 1980 to 1989, and Georg Apenes
Georg Apenes
Georg Apenes is a Norwegian jurist.-Career:Having finished secondary education, he briefly worked as a substitute school teacher in his hometown in 1960 before entering Franklin and Marshall College as a part of the Fulbright Program. He studied there for a year before being enrolled in the...
served from 1989 to 2010. Ove Skåra served as acting director from April 2010.
On 28 May 2010, Bjørn Erik Thon
Bjørn Erik Thon
Bjørn Erik Thon is a Norwegian jurist and ombudsman.He graduated as cand.jur. in 1989. From 1999 to 2000, during the first cabinet Bondevik Thon worked as a political advisor in the Ministry of Justice and the Police. He has been a member of Grefsen-Kjelsås borough council for the Liberal Party...
was appointed as new director.