Middle East & Africa · 2 laws · 10 requirements
Israel: the laws your website or app must follow
If your customers are in Israel, these are the privacy, consumer, security, accessibility and AI laws SafeLaunch checks your site against, with what each one requires and where in the law it says so.
How a SafeLaunch audit checks each one
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- Your answersDecided from your answers to the audit questions
- PreparedPrepared for you in the report's compliance pack
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Israel Protection of Privacy Law
Amendment 13 in force since 14 August 2025: wider duties, privacy protection officers in some cases and administrative fines.
Who it covers: Owners and holders of databases in Israel.
What it requires of a website or app (8)
- A privacy notice at collection: purposes, who receives it, people's rightsCheckedProtection of Privacy Law s. 11 (duty to inform when collecting)
- A lawful basis, often consent, for each use of personal dataAI reviewProtection of Privacy Law s. 1–2 (informed consent)
- People can access, correct and delete their data, and know how to askCheckedProtection of Privacy Law s. 13–14 (access and correction)
- Reasonable securityCheckedProtection of Privacy Law s. 17; Data Security Regulations 2017
- Transfers abroad only with the safeguards the law setsCheckedPrivacy Protection (Transfer of Data to Databases Abroad) Regulations 2001
- Breach notification: Privacy Protection Authority immediately for a severe security incidentPreparedData Security Regulations 2017 reg. 11(d)
- Extra protection, usually explicit consent, for sensitive data (if if you handle sensitive data)Your answersProtection of Privacy Law (Amendment 13): information of special sensitivity
- Appoint a privacy protection officerPreparedProtection of Privacy Law (Amendment 13)
Sources:Privacy Protection Authority
Israel Communications Law s. 30A (advertising messages)
In force; recipients can claim damages per message without proving harm.
Who it covers: Anyone sending commercial emails, texts or calls to people in the country.
What it requires of a website or app (2)
- Prior express consent before advertising emails, texts or automated calls, and a free way to refuse in every message (if if you send marketing emails or texts)Your answerss. 30A(b), (d)
- Mark advertising messages as such ("פרסומת" at the start of the subject) and identify the sender (if if you send marketing emails or texts)Your answerss. 30A(e)
Sources:DLA Piper: Data protection laws of the world: Israel
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A plain-language summary of what each law requires of a website or app, from the SafeLaunch rulebook, with the provision and official sources. It is not legal advice and not every duty in each law is listed.