In 2024, Israel became the latest jurisdiction to enact
comprehensive privacy legislation, largely inspired by the
EU's General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”).
On August 5, 2024, Israel's parliament, the Knesset, voted to
approve the enactment of Amendment No. 13 (“the
Amendment”) to the Israel Privacy Protection Law
(“IPPL”). The amendment which will take effect on
August 15, 2025, is considered an overhaul to the IPPL, which has
been left largely untouched since the law's enactment in
1996.
Key Features of the Amendment include:
- Expansion of key definitions in the
law
- Personal Information – Expanded to include
any “data related to an identified or identifiable
person”.Highly Sensitive Information –
Replaces the IPPL's current definition of “sensitive
information” and is similar in kind to the GDPR's
Special Categories of Data. Types of information that qualify as
highly sensitive information under the Amendment include biometric
data, genetic
