MT-DPA-586
Data Protection Act (Chapter 586)
Information and Data Protection Commissioner
🇲🇹Malta
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Malta overview
Malta has a national GDPR overlay
The GDPR applies directly, but it leaves Member States choices in areas such as children, employment, sensitive data, research, freedom of expression, public-sector processing and supervisory procedure. Malta uses its national law to exercise those choices.
National law
MT-DPA-586: Data Protection Act (Chapter 586)
What to assess
Start with the GDPR baseline, then assess the national provisions concerning age-13 consent, research authorisation, identity documents, freedom of expression, transfers and IDPC procedure. Apply sector legislation and regulator measures where the national law refers to them.
Compliance method
Use the country-specific law page and controls as a delta layer. Retain the current official text, an applicability decision and evidence for every national rule implemented.