The LEGAL-IE extension extends the [[[DPV]]] to represent laws, authorities, and other legal concepts in IE jurisdiction.

The canonical URL for LEGAL-IE extension is https://w3id.org/dpv/legal/ie, the namespace is https://w3id.org/dpv/legal/ie#, the suggested prefix is legal-ie, and this document along with source and releases are available at https://github.com/w3c/dpv.

This document is provided as part of the BETA release. We welcome reviews, comments, and other feedback till 31st July. If there are no major issues, we will continue with the planned release.

Contributing: The DPVCG welcomes participation to improve the DPV and associated resources, including expansion or refinement of concepts, requesting information and applications, and addressing open issues. See contributing guide for further information.

DPV and Related Resources

[[[DPV]]]: is the base/core specification for the 'Data Privacy Vocabulary', which is extended for Personal Data [[PD]], Locations [[LOC]], Risk Management [[RISK]], Technology [[TECH]], and [[AI]]. Specific [[LEGAL]] extensions are also provided which model jurisdiction specific regulations and concepts . To support understanding and applications of [[DPV]], various guides and resources [[GUIDES]] are provided, including a [[PRIMER]]. A Search Index of all concepts from DPV and extensions is available.

[[DPV]] and related resources are published on GitHub. For a general overview of the Data Protection Vocabularies and Controls Community Group [[DPVCG]], its history, deliverables, and activities - refer to DPVCG Website. For meetings, see the DPVCG calendar.

The peer-reviewed article “Creating A Vocabulary for Data Privacy” presents a historical overview of the DPVCG, and describes the methodology and structure of the DPV along with describing its creation. An open-access version can be accessed here, here, and here. The article preprint Data Privacy Vocabulary (DPV) - Version 2 describes the changes made in DPV v2.

Laws

Laws are represented as instances of dpv:Law, and are associated with their jurisdictions using the [[LOC]] taxonomy and dpv:hasJurisdiction relation. The webpage for the law, if available, is indicated using foaf:homepage, and the temporal start and end if available, is represented using dct:temporal relation with an instance of time:ProperInterval.

ID Name Jurisdictions Webpage Start/End
law-DPA Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA) Ireland link 2018-05-24/ongoing

Vocabulary Index

Classes

Data Protection Commission (DPC)

Term DPA-IE Prefix legal-ie
Label Data Protection Commission (DPC)
IRI https://w3id.org/dpv/legal/ie#DPA-IE
Type rdfs:Class, skos:Concept, dpv:DataProtectionAuthority
Broader/Parent types dpv:DataProtectionAuthoritydpv:Authoritydpv:GovernmentalOrganisationdpv:Organisationdpv:LegalEntitydpv:Entity
Broader/Parent types dpv:Law
Object of relation dpv:hasApplicableLaw, dpv:hasAuthority, dpv:hasEntity, dpv:hasResponsibleEntity, dpv:hasSubsidiary, dpv:isDeterminedByEntity, dpv:isImplementedByEntity, dpv:isIndicatedBy, dpv:isOrganistionalUnitOf, dpv:isRepresentativeFor, dpv:isSubsidiaryOf
Date Created 2024-02-14
has applicable law General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) , Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA)
has jurisdiction Ireland
See More: section LEGAL in LEGAL-IE

Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA)

Term law-DPA Prefix legal-ie
Label Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA)
IRI https://w3id.org/dpv/legal/ie#law-DPA
Type rdfs:Class, skos:Concept, dpv:Law
Broader/Parent types dpv:Law
Object of relation dpv:hasApplicableLaw
Date Created 2024-02-14
has jurisdiction Ireland
See More: section LEGAL in LEGAL-IE

Properties

DPV uses the following terms from [[RDF]] and [[RDFS]] with their defined meanings:

The following external concepts are re-used within DPV:

External

Contributors

The following people have contributed to this vocabulary. The names are ordered alphabetically. The affiliations are informative do not represent formal endorsements. Affiliations may be outdated. The list is generated automatically from the contributors listed for defined concepts.

Funding Acknowledgements

Funding Sponsors

The DPVCG was established as part of the SPECIAL H2020 Project, which received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 731601 from 2017 to 2019.

Harshvardhan J. Pandit was funded to work on DPV from 2020 to 2022 by the Irish Research Council's Government of Ireland Postdoctoral Fellowship Grant#GOIPD/2020/790.

The ADAPT SFI Centre for Digital Media Technology is funded by Science Foundation Ireland through the SFI Research Centres Programme and is co-funded under the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) through Grant#13/RC/2106 (2018 to 2020) and Grant#13/RC/2106_P2 (2021 onwards).

Funding Acknowledgements for Contributors

The contributions of Harshvardhan J. Pandit have been made with the financial support of Science Foundation Ireland under Grant Agreement No. 13/RC/2106_P2 at the ADAPT SFI Research Centre.