Protection of Privacy Law, comprehensive regime and database registration

Protection of Privacy Law, 5741-1981, as amended by Amendment No. 13, 5784-2024, Arts. 1-2, 4, 7-8A

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In force since 14 August 2025.

A comprehensive regime rule binding public and private bodies.

As of 29 August 2026.

What it requires

An app that operates a database of the personal data of individuals in Israel above the small-collection thresholds must register with, or separately notify, the Privacy Protection Authority under Art. 8A, and must name a Data Protection Officer where the Act requires one.

What this law does

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Israel's Protection of Privacy Law, 5741-1981, creates a general tort of privacy infringement in Chapter A (Arts. 1-2, 4) and regulates 'databases' specifically from Art. 7 onward in Chapter B. A database excludes purely personal-use collections and small (100,000-or-fewer-person) name, address, or contact-only collections.

Amendment No. 13 rebuilt registration and notification duty at Art. 8A: mandatory registration is now limited to databases whose main purpose is commercial data provision with more than 10,000 individuals, or public-body databases, plus a separate notification duty, short of full registration, for any database holding special-sensitivity data on more than 100,000 individuals, including naming a Data Protection Officer where one is required.

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official government publication, Privacy Protection Authority unofficial English translation

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