Crawls the web, in Iceland
Each law's tag says when it binds: since in force proposed proposed
Höfundalög nr. 73/1972, Art. 50, Sui Generis Database Producer Rightsince 2 lines
Höfundalög nr. 73/1972 (Copyright Act), 50. gr., eins og henni var breytt með lögum nr. 60/2000 · Read the law's page
- Do not repeatedly and systematically extract or re-utilise an insubstantial part of a protected Icelandic database if doing so conflicts with its normal exploitation or unreasonably prejudices the producer's legitimate interests, under Höfundalög Article 50.
- Do not reproduce or make available the whole or a substantial part of a protected database without the producer's authorization within the 15-year protection term.
Act No. 90/2018 on Data Protection and the Processing of Personal Datasince 2 lines
Log nr. 90/2018 um personuvernd og vinnslu personuupplysinga (Act No. 90/2018), passed by Althingi , in force · Read the law's page
- Establish a lawful basis under Act No. 90/2018 Article 8 (mirroring GDPR Article 6) before processing personal data of a person in Iceland, including data collected by crawling.
- Treat Act No. 90/2018, not the EU GDPR Regulation directly, as the controlling instrument for a person in Iceland, since GDPR reaches Iceland only through this Act's own EEA-incorporation mechanism.
Almenn hegningarlög nr. 19/1940, Art. 229, Unauthorized Access to Computer-Stored Datasince 2 lines
Almenn hegningarlög nr. 19/1940 (General Penal Code), 229. gr., eins og henni var breytt með lögum nr. 8/2021 · Read the law's page
- Do not obtain access to another's data or programs stored in computer-readable form without authorization, including by defeating a security measure, under Almenn hegningarlög Article 229.
- Reading a public, unauthenticated page that carries no access control has not itself been held to violate this article.
DSM Copyright Directive (Directive (EU) 2019/790) — Text-and-Data-Mining Opt-Out Provisions, EEA Incorporation Pending Constitutional Stepsproposed2 lines
Directive (EU) 2019/790 of the European Parliament and of the Council of on copyright and related rights in the Digital Single Market, Arts. 3-4; incorporated into the EEA Agreement by EEA Joint Committee Decision of ; entry into force pending constitutional requirements by Iceland, Liechtenstein, and/or Norway; not yet implemented into Icelandic law
- This measure is proposed and binds nobody yet; what follows is what it would require if it is enacted in this form.
- Honor a rights holder's opt-out signal, such as a machine-readable notice or robots.txt, before mining text and data for commercial purposes including AI training.
EU AI Act (Regulation (EU) 2024/1689) — Pending EEA Incorporation (Bot Disclosure, Crawler Obligations, Automated Decisions)proposed0 lines
Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 of the European Parliament and of the Council of laying down harmonised rules on artificial intelligence; marked EEA-relevant; under scrutiny for incorporation into the EEA Agreement by the EEA Joint Committee (EFTA EEA-Lex factsheet 32024R1689); not yet in force in Iceland