North Macedonia’s law on personal data protection
February 2020
National Regulations
North Macedonia’s Law on Personal Data Protection, enacted in February 2020 and fully implemented by August 2021, serves as the country’s primary legal framework for safeguarding personal data. It closely mirrors the EU’s GDPR, granting individuals fundamental rights—such as access, correction, erasure, portability, and objection—and establishing the Personal Data Protection Agency (PDPA) as an independent supervisory authority with powers to impose administrative, criminal, and civil sanctions for non‑compliance