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{{Infobox government agency

| name = Norwegian Data Protection Authority

| logo = Datatilsynet logo.jpg

| formed = {{start date|1980|df=y}}

| jurisdiction = [[Norway]]

| headquarters = [[Oslo]], [[Norway]]

| employees = 60

| chief1_name = [[Bjørn Erik Thon]]

| budget = NOK 68 m

| chief1_name = [[Bjørn Erik Thon]] = Line Coll

| chief1_position = Director

| website = {{URL|datatilsynet.no}}

}}

The '''Norwegian Data Protection Authority''' ({{lang-langx|no|Datatilsynet}}) is an [[Government agency|agency]] of the [[Norwegian government|Norwegian Government]] responsible for managing the ''Personal Data Act 2000'', concerning [[privacy]] concerns. This Act replaced the ''Data Register Act 1978''.

The authority is based in [[Oslo]], and is an independent administrative body under the [[Norwegian Ministry of Government Administration and Reform|Ministry of Government Administration and Reform]]. It is the [[national data protection authority]] for Norway.

[[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. From May 2010 to April 2022, [[Bjørn Erik Thon]] served as director.

On 28 May 2010, [[Bjørn Erik Thon]] was appointed as new director.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/article3669131.ece|title=Bjørn Erik Thon blir ny direktør i Datatilsynet|last=Holgersen|first=Jon D.|date=28 May 2010|work=Aftenposten|language=Norwegianno|accessdateaccess-date=28 May 2010}}</ref>

On 22 April 2022, Line Coll was appointed director.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Line Coll blir ny direktør i Datatilsynet |url=https://www.datatilsynet.no/aktuelt/aktuelle-nyheter-2022/line-coll-blir-ny-direktor-i-datatilsynet/ |access-date=2022-08-22 |website=Datatilsynet |language=no}}</ref>

==References==

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[[Category:Government agencies of Norway|Data Protection Authority]]

[[Category:Government agencies established in 1980]]

[[Category:Data protection authorities]]